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1 


HISTORICAL  CATALOGUE 


Northampton  First  Church, 


1661-1891. 

BY    REV.    SOLOMON    CLARK, 

Author    of  Historicals,   Antiquities,   and   Graduates, 
of  Northampton,  Mass. 


ILLUSTRATED. 


Thy  Way,  O  God,  is  in  the  Sanctuary."— Psalm  77  :  13. 


NORTHAMPTON,  MASS.  : 
GAZETTE   PRINTING   COMPANY. 

1891. 


FIFTH   MEETING   HOUSE— ERECTED    1877-78. 


INTRODUCTION. 


The  Work  here  introduced,  covering  a  period  of 
two  hundred  and  thirty  years,  solicits  the  charitable 
judgment  of  an  intelligent  community. 

It  is  not  claimed  to  be  perfect,  though  that  has 
been  the  writer's  steady  purpose  and  endeavor.  At 
the  beginning,  difficulties,  arising  from  the  absence 
of  yearly  dates  in  receiving  Members,  were  to  be  met. 
For  the  first  almost  100  years,  the  precise  time  when 
people  united  with  the  church  is  omitted.  This  was 
the  order  steadily  pursued  from  1G61  till  1754.  From 
this  latter  date,  the  beginning  of  Mr.  Hooker's  min- 
istry, the  admissions  and  the  year  go  together. 

Note  another  particular.  But  one  interval  appears 
when  names  of  Members  have  been  lost.  This  oc- 
curred near  the  close  of  Jonathan  Edwards  pastorate. 
Alienation  existed.  The  church  went  into  a  dark 
cloud.  Few  conversions  occurred.  Fewer  still  unit- 
ed with  the  church.  The  record  of  that  interval, 
and  of  those  admissions  is  missing.  The  only  one  of 
the  kind  during  the  long  period  covered  by  this 
history. 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  Work,  embracing  over  forty-two  hundred  and 
fifty  names,  has  been  one  of  constantly  increasing 
interest  on  the  writer's  part.  Gratitude  is  hereby 
expressed  that  he  is  permitted  to  see  its  completion. 
It  is  offered  as  a  tribute  of  the  author's  esteem  for 
his  native  place.  May  it  serve  as  a  reminder  of  the 
superior  worth  of  those,  who,  so  long  ago,  laid  in 
this  community  the  foundations  of  the  first  church. 


CHAPTER  I. 


FORMATION   OF  THE   FIRST  CHURCH,  JUNE  18,  1661. 


Rev.  Eleazar  Mather's  Ministry,  1658—1669. 

Original  Members. — Historical  Items. 

Samuel    Wright.      One  of    the  first   settlers.     His 

home  lot  lay  between  King   and   Market  streets. 

On  it  are,  The  First  National    Bank.  The  Smith 

Charities  and  other  buildings. 
John  Marsh. 
Thomas  Woodford.     Was  of  Springfield  in  1636  and 

of  Hartford  1639.     Where   he   collected   funds  in 

1645  for  the  students  at  Cambridge. 
Rathorn  Wilton. 
Abigail  Strong. 
Margaret  Wright. 
Arthur  Williams. 
Mary  Alford. 
Sarah  Bridgman. 


6  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

George  Alexander.  Had  a  sou  Alexander  Alexander 
in  1656. 

Isaac  Sheldon.  Lived  on  King  Street  for  near  fifty 
years,  father  of  fifteen  children.  Ancestor  of 
the  Northampton  Sheldons. 

Mary  Sheldon. 

Alexander  Edwards.  Came  from  Wales.  See  the 
origin  of  that  name  in  Northampton  where  he 
lived,  "  Welsh  End,"  toward  the  Hospital. 

William  Hannum.  Came  from  Windsor,  Conn.  His 
son  John  had  thirteen  children. 

Nathaniel  Phelps. 

Rathorn  Williams. 

Ann  Bartlett. 

Deliverance  Hanchett. 

George  Langton. 

Esther  Mather. 

Dorcas  Lyman. 

Ruth  Baker. 

Hannah  Langton. 

Honor  Hannum. 

Aaron  Cooke.  A  man  of  daring  and  energy,  a  fa- 
mous wolf  hunter.     Had  the  title  of  Major. 

Joanna  Cooke. 

William  Holton.  One  of  the  Springfield  petitioners 
and  one  of  the  first  settlers.  The  first  deacon, 
chosen  in  1663. 


ELEAZAR   MATHER'S   MINISTRY.  7 

Mary  Holton. 

Sarah  Clark. 

Susan  Cunliff. 

Elizabeth  Woodward. 

Alice  Hutchinson. 

Susan  Alexander. 

Kichard  Lyman.  Chosen  on  the  first  board  of  Se- 
lectmen in  1655.  Prominent  in  promoting  the 
business  and  welfare  of  the  community.  Recorder 
of  the  proprietors  of  Nonotuck,  or  Northampton, 
from  1654  to  1657.  Six  generations  followed  him 
on  his  Pleasant  street  homestead. 

Hephzibah  Lyman. 

John  Lyman,  brother  of  Richard,  was  in  Northamp- 
ton 1658.     He  married  Dorcas  Plum. 

John  King.  A  man  of  intelligence  and  worth.  Lived 
on  King  street;  received  its  name  from  him. 

John  Ingersoll. 

Mary  Burt. 

Sarah  King. 

Eleazar  Mather.  The  first  pastor,  preached  eleven 
years,  deceased  at  thirty-two.  Esther  Mather,  his 
widow,  was  a  remarkable  woman.  She  married 
the  second  minister,  Rev.  Mr.  Stoddard,  and  lived 
seventy-seven  years  in  Northampton. 

David  Wilton. 


8  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

William  Clark,  viz.,  Lieut.  William.  In  public  life 
one  of  the  associate  justices  for  Hampshire  County, 
filled  other  offices,  one  of  the  seven  pillars  of  the 
church. 

John  Strong.  Same  as  Elder  John.  Came  to 
Northampton  the  same  year  with  Lt.  Wm.  Clark, 
1659.  Both  aided  in  developing  the  infant  col- 
ony. The  descendants  of  both  were  numbered  by 
the  thousands. 

Henry  Cunliff. 

Henry  Woodward.  One  cf  the  early  pillars  of  the 
first  church,  ancestor  of  the  late  Samuel  Wood- 
ward, M.  D. 

Thomas  Root.  His  descendants  lived  in  Southamp- 
ton and  elsewhere. 

Thomas  Hanchett.  Chosen  second  deacon  in  1668. 
Moved  to  Westfield  within  the  next  two  years. 

William  Janes.  Was  recorder  of  lands  for  twenty 
years,  also  a  school  teacher,  and  bore  the  honorable 
title  of  Mr.,  conferred  only  on  a  few. 

Thomas  Bascom.  Came  from  the  North  of  England. 
His  grandson,  Jonathan,  was  a  first  settler  in 
Southampton. 

William  Hulburd. 

Avis  Bascom. 

Ann  Hulburd. 

Elizabeth  Curtis. 


ELEAZAR  MATHER'S   MINISTRY.  9 

Abigail  Strong  James. 

Josiah  Dudy. 

Mary  Strong. 

John  Stebbins.  Father  of  sixteen  children.  Ap- 
pointed in  1661  with  others  to  build  a  meeting- 
house, forty-two  feet  square,  costing  not  over  150 
pounds. 

Joseph  Eliot.  Born  in  Eoxbury.  He  came  in  1662; 
preached  as  Mr.  Mather's  assistant,  with  a  view 
to  settlement,  remained  not  over  two  years. 

Clemence  Mason. 

Elizabeth  Phelps. 

Kichard  Weller. 

Sarah  Smith. 

Robert  Bartlett.  Killed  by  the  Indians  March  14th, 
1676,  when  they  broke  through  the  palisades  at 
the  lower  end  of  Pleasant  street,  setting  fire  to 
several  houses  and  barns. 

Joseph  Leeds. 

Freedom  Strong. 

Sarah  Hannum. 

Sarah  Allen. 

Samuel  Smith. 

Mary  Smith. 

Joseph  Parsons.  United  with  the  little  band  at 
Northampton  in  1655.  Had  the  title  of  Cornet. 
Kept  the  first  house  of  entertainment  in  the  place. 
The  Parsons  families  there  descended  from  him. 


CHAPTER   II. 


Rev.  Solomon  Stoddard's   Ministry,    1672—1729. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

Solomon  Stoddard.  The  second  minister.  A  man 
of  learning  ;  a  plain,  successful  preacher.  Five 
harvests  crowned  his  labors.  Married  Esther 
Mather,  widow  of  the  first  minister,  the  hon- 
ored mother  of  thirteen  children  ;  all  reared  fam- 
ilies of  their  own,  often  a  large  household.  His 
son,  Anthony  Stoddard,  preached  nearly  sixty 
years. 

Medad  Pomeroy.  Became  one  of  the  first  men  in 
town.  Served  as  selectman,  town  clerk  and 
treasurer,  register  of  deeds,  representative  to  leg- 
islature, forty-one  years  deacon. 

Josiah  Dewey. 

Thomas  Bascom,  Jr. 

Caleb  Pomeroy. 

Nehemiah  Allen.  Ancestor  of  Col.  Ethan  Allen 
of  Vermont. 

Judah  Wright. 


(10) 


solomon  stoddard's  ministry.  11 

Timothy  Baker.  Belonged  to  the  same  race  with 
Osmyn,  late  a  member  of  Congress,  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Smith  Charities. 

Joseph  Parsons,  Jr.  Third  justice  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  a  man  of  large  business,  public 
and  private.  Lived  with  his  wife  sixty  years, 
reared  twelve  children,  all  married,  had  large 
families.  His  son,  Joseph,  was  pastor  at  Leba- 
non, Conn.,  1700-8. 

John  Bridgman.     Son  of  James  the  settler. 

Samuel  Davis. 

John  Hannum. 

John  Holton. 

John  Clark.  The  first  deacon  John.  Son  of  Lt. 
William.  Lived  where  the  Art  Gallery  stands. 
Constantly  in  public  service.  Went  representa- 
tive to  Boston  fourteen  times.  His  devotion  to 
public  duties  injured  his  health  and  shortened 
his  life.  By  his  ten  children  had  over  eighty 
grandchildren. 

David  Burt. 

Joshua  Pomeroy. 

Jonathan  Hunt.  From  Hartford.  Home  lot  on 
what  became  Elm  street.  His  dwelling  near  the 
Mills  place,  afterwards  Miss  Burnham's.  A 
cooper,  a  skilled  workman.  Chosen  deacon  in 
1680.     A  valuable  citizen. 


12  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

John  Woodward. 

Benjamin  Edwards.  His  daughter,  Mindwell,  mar- 
ried Noah  Parsons,  Sr.,  who  lived  on  South 
street,  near  the  entrance  to  L.  B.  Williams' 
house,  where  his  twelve  children  were  born. 

Eleanor  Frarey. 

Mary  Holton. 

Katherine  Wilton. 

Susanna  Alexander. 

Hephzibah  Marsh. 

Mary  Hunt. 

Ruth  Limon. 

Katherine  Branch. 

Elizabeth  Weller. 

Freedom  Strong. 

Sarah  Allen. 

Mary  Bascom. 

Abigail. 

Elizabeth  Smeade. 

Mary  Bridgman. 

Mary  Phelps. 

Experience  Pomeroy, 

Hephzibah  Pomeroy. 

Thankful  Taylor. 

Sarah  Clapp. 

Hephzibah  Lyman. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  13 

Joseph  Hawley.  Graduated  at  Harvard,  1674. 
Came  at  once  to  Northampton.  Taught  a  gram- 
mar school.  Chosen  captain,  received  title  of 
Mr.     Ancestor  of  Northampton  Hawleys. 

William  Smeade. 

Enos  Kingsley.  Came  from  Dorchester.  Married 
in  Northampton,  1662. 

Samuel  Langton.  The  Samuel  L.  Parsons'  place 
on  West  street  came  into  that  family  through 
Samuel  Langton,  an  ancestor,  who  bought  it  in 
1709. 

Samuel  Smith. 

Samuel  Allen.  Came  unmarried  to  Northampton 
in  1657.  Received  his  home  lot  on  King  street, 
corner  of  King  and  Back  Lane,  now  called  Ed- 
wards street.  Married,  1659,  Hannah  Woodford. 
The  Aliens  of  Northampton  and  Pittsfield  de- 
scended from  them. 

Ebenezer  Strong.  A  farmer  and  tanner.  The 
third  and  last  ruling  elder  in  the  First  Church. 
The  seventh  child  of  Elder  John.  He  was  ser- 
geant, constable,  and  for  a  long  time  one  of  the 
selectmen. 

Samuel  Bartlett. 

John  Taylor. 

Nathaniel  Phelps,  Jr. 

Thomas  Judd. 


14  FIRST  CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

John  French. 

James  Wright. 

Samuel  Clark.  Brother  of  the  first  deacon  John, 
sons  of  Lt.  William.  The  two  received  from 
their  father  six  acres  each  on  Elm  street.  John 
on  the  south  and  Samuel  on  the  north  side. 

Jonathan  Parsons.     The   first   of  three   or  more  of 
that  name  in  Northampton. 

John  Hulburt. 

Ebeuezer  Wright.  Established  himself  on  Bridge 
street  about  1684.  The  homestead  is  still  owned 
by  his  descendants.  Filled  the  office  of  deacon 
forty-four  years. 

William  Holton,  Jr. 

Robert  Lyman.  Fond  of  hunting,  fishing,  and  the 
like,  hence  from  him  the  names  Robert's  Hills 
and  Robert's  Meadow.  The  first  who  discovered 
the  Westhampton  lead  mines. 

Jacob  Root. 

Rachel  Strong. 

Sarah  Alexander. 

Joanna  Ingraham. 

Elizabeth  Langton. 

Rebecca  Rust. 

Sarah  Bartlett. 

Elizabeth  Lyman. 

Sarah  Merry. 


solomon  stoddard's  ministry.  15 

Abigail  Holton. 
Edwards. 
Hannah  Janes. 
Hannah  Woodward. 
Sarah  Kingsley. 
Mary  Clessen. 
Elizabeth  Cook. 
Sarah  Clark. 
Mary  Hulbert. 
Mary  French. 
Elizabeth  Clark. 
Hannah  Strong. 
John  Sheldon.      Father  of    Mary    Sheldon,    carried 

to  Canada  as  a  prisoner,   1704-5,  by  the    French 

and  Indians.     Afterwards,  by  her  father's  efforts, 

she  was  restored. 
Henry  Burt. 
Samuel  Judd.     Lived  forty  years  on  Pleasant  street, 

where  his  ten  children  were  born. 
Joseph  Root. 
Benoni  Stebbins. 
Alexander    Alvord.       An    early    settler,    possessed 

large  means  for  the  times. 
William  Clark.     Same    as    Capt.    William,    son   of 

the  distinguished    Lt.   William.     Moved  early   to 

Lebanon,  Ct. 


16  FIRST   CHURCH  IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Nathaniel  Edwards.  Son  of  Alexander  from  Wales, 
born  in  Northampton  1657,  soon  after  the  fam- 
ily came. 

Matthew  Clessen. 

William  Phelps.  His  father,  Dea.  Nathaniel, 
came  from  England  in  the  great  ship,  Mary  and 
John.  William  was  born  in  Northampton,  1657. 
Lived  near  Shady  Lawn. 

John  Broughton. 

Thomas  Hunt. 

Samuel  Smith,  Jr. 

Samuel  Parsons. 

John  Alexander. 

William  Southwell. 

Nathaniel  Curtis. 

Philip  Paine. 

Thomas  Sheldon.  One  of  the  fifteen  children  of 
Isaac.     Chosen  the  seventh  deacon  in  1702. 

Samuel  Wright,  Jr.  A  selectman  in  1655.  His 
homestead  on  Bridge  street  till  recently,  contin- 
ued in  the  family,  through  the  long  period  of 
225  years. 

Mehetabel  Smeade. 

Hannah  Allen. 

Elizabeth  Parsons. 
Broughton. 

Ruth  Wright. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  17 

Abigail  Phelps. 

Mary  Clark. 

Hannah  Sheldon. 

Thankful  Edwards. 

Hephzibah  Pomeroy. 

Abigail  Holton. 

Hannah  Alexander. 

Sarah  Baker. 

Mindwell  Sheldon. 

Mary  Paine. 

Sarah  Wait. 

Abigail  Alvord. 

Clemence  Hunt. 

Sarah  Holton. 

Martha  Dickinson. 

Elizabeth  Stebbins. 

Warham  Mather.  Son  of  Rev.  Eleazar.  Has  the 
honor  of  being  the  first  native  of  Northampton 
who  graduated,  viz.,  at  Harvard,  1685.  Preached 
some,  also  taught.  Finally  was  Justice  of  Peace 
at  New  Haven ;  also  Judge  of  Probate  there 
1716-27. 

Nathaniel  Alexander. 

John  King,  Jr.     Was  a  lieutenant.     Married  daugh- 
ter of  Dea.   Medad  Pomeroy.     She  lived  into  her 
ninetieth  year. 
2 


18  FIRST    CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Jedediah  Strong,  Sr.  Was  a  constable,  received 
eighteen  shillings  a  year,  for  blowing  the  trum- 
pet Sabbath  morning,  to  summon  people  to 
church.  He  lived  to  be  ninety-six.  Had  four- 
teen children. 

Joseph  Wright. 

Benjamin  Carpenter. 

Noah  Cooke. 

Preserved  Clap.  Son  of  the  renowned  Roger  of 
Dorchester.  Chosen  second  Elder  of  the  church. 
Described'  as  a  blessing  to  Northampton. 

Jedediah  Strong,  Jr. 

John  Livermore. 

Eleazar  Smith, 

John  Searl,  Jr. 

Samuel  Allen,  Jr.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church 
in  the  time  of  Jonathan  Edwards,  third   pastor. 

Samuel  Rust. 

Moses  Hutchinson. 

Hope  Root.  In  the  first  half  century  about  sixty 
Roots  were  born. 

Nathaniel  Clark.  Grandson  of  Lt.  William.  The 
first  of  several  of  the  same  name  who  lived  on 
the  South  street  homestead. 

Isaac  Sheldon. 

John  Hutchinson. 

Abijah  Ingersoll. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  10 

Benjamin  Janes. 

Abigail  Root. 

Elsie  Ingersoll. 

Hephzibah  Janes. 

Joanna  Smith. 

Elizabeth  Parsons. 

Mary  Parsons. 

Abigail  Strong. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Elsie  Hannum. 

Sarah  Alexander. 

Mary  Sheldon. 

Sarah  Wright. 

Sarah  Southwick. 

Mary  Stebbins. 

Mary  Ashley. 

Rhoda  Parsons. 

Sarah  King. 

Mary  Miller. 

Abigail  Wright. 

Elizabeth  King. 

Samuel  Davis. 

Elizur  Wright.  Within  the  first  half  century 
about  eighty  Wrights  were  born  in  Northampton. 

Benoni  Janes.  Probably  the  same,  with  two  chil- 
dren, killed  by  the  Indians,  1704,  at  Paskhomuck 
now  Easthampton. 


20  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Joseph  Cook. 

Mark  Warner.  From  Hadley,  1687.  His  home- 
stead included  the  corner  where  John  Clarke, 
the  banker,  lived.  Ancestor  of  the  Northamp- 
ton Warners. 

Benjamin  Hastings. 

Ebenezer  Pomeroy.  Acted  as  attorney  in  the  trial 
of  four  Indians,  for  the  crime  of  murder,  com- 
mitted in  Hadley.  He  was  a  Major,  also  Hon- 
orable. 

Samuel  Kingsley. 

Nathaniel  Rust. 

Ebenezer  Strong,  Jr.  His  family  numbered  thir- 
teen children. 

Benjamin  Wright. 

Samuel  Phelps. 

David  Lee.  Removed  to  Coventry,  Ct.,  in  1709. 
His  granddaughter  married  Rev.  Thomas  Allen, 
first  minister  in  Pittsfield. 

Preserved  Strong. 

Roger  Clap.  Chosen  captain.  Went  representa- 
tive. Had  eight  sons  and  a  daughter  ;  all  mar- 
ried and  reared   families. 

Samuel  Edwards,  Jr.  Grandson  of  Alexander  from 
Wales.  Lived  80  South  street.  His  oldest  was 
Dea.  Samuel,  lived  in  Southampton,  grandfather 
of  Prof.  B.  B.  Edwards. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  2] 

John  Alvord,  Sr. 
John  Alvord,  Jr. 
Joseph  King.     Accidentally    killed    while   hunting 

with  another. 
Sarah  Smith. 
Ruth  Alvord. 
Abigail  Searls. 
Mercy  Allen. 
Sarah  Rust. 
Hannah  Janes. 
Elizabeth  Porter. 
Hannah  Hutchinson. 
Marcy  Field. 
Mary  Burt. 
Priscilla  Webb. 
Thankful  Davis. 
Lydia  Taylor. 
Mindwell  Lyman. 
Joanna  Smith. 
Mary  Hastings. 
Sarah  Curtis. 
Mary  Miller. 
Sarah  Allen. 
Thankful  Lyman. 
Mehetabel  Wright. 
Anne  Lyman. 
Abigail  Lyman. 


22  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mark  Warner,  Jr.  Homestead  on  Blackpole,  same 
as  Prospect  street  continued  ;  had  seven  daugh- 
ters and  four  sons  ;  removed  beyond  Florence  to 
what  became  the  Warner  district.  Attained  his 
ninetieth  year. 

Thomas  Strong.  Son  of  Elder  John.  Received 
from  his  father  a  homestead  on  Pleasant  street. 
Whole  number  of  his  children,  sixteen. 

Benjamin  Alvord.  A  weaver,  an  express  rider, 
actively  engaged  in  the  French  and  Indian  war. 

Ebenezer  Edwards. 

Benjamin  Lyman.  A  lieutenant.  An  enterprising 
man,  traded  some,  an  extensive  farmer,  fatted 
cattle  in  the  stall,  owned  500  acres  near  Gran- 
ville, Mass.     Two  of  his  sons  were  graduates. 

Jonathan  Strong.  The  first  of  five  or  six  of  the 
same  name.  Selectman  five  times.  Number  of 
his  children,  seventeen.  Thirteen  of  them  were 
married. 

William  Phelps,  Jr. 

Jonathan  Alvord. 

Jonathan  Rust. 

Ebenezer  Hunt.  Lived  on  Bridge  street.  Moved 
his  large  family  in  1723  to  Lebanon,  Conn. 

John  Clark.  Styled  the  2d  Deacon  John.  Built 
1704  on  South  street.  Captain  and  deacon.  De- 
ceased at  the  age  of  eighty-nine. 


Solomon  Stoddard's  ministry.  23 

Ebenezer  Parsons. 

Israel  Rust. 

Jonathan  French. 

Samuel  Pomeroy.  Son  of  Dea.  Medad.  Graduated 
at  Yale,  1795.  Pastor  at  Newtown,  L.  I., 
1709-44. 

Edward  Baker. 

Joseph  Atherton. 

Sarah  Janes. 

Maria  Judd. 

Sarah  Merils. 

Hannah  Carpenter. 

Hannah  Clark. 
Searls. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Mary  Kingsley. 

Tabitha  Strong. 

Hannah  Hunt. 

Prudence  Baker. 

Sarah  Stoddard.  Fourth  daughter  of  Rev.  Solo- 
mon, the  pastor.  She  married,  1707,  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Whitman,  Farmington,  Conn. 

Daniel  Nash. 

Joseph  Rust. 

Mary  Hutchinson. 

Hannah  Pomeroy. 

Deborah  Alvord. 


24  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Clemence  Judd. 

Mercy  Pomeroy. 

Martha  Hunt. 

Lydia  Lee. 

Hannah  Langton. 

Sarah  Sheldon. 

Mary  Strong. 

Increase  Clark.  Born  where  the  Art  Gallery  stands. 
Built  opposite  the  same,  1710.  One  descendant 
continues  on  the  place,   viz.,  Mrs.    Mary  Tenny. 

John  Stoddard.  The  renowned  Col.  John.  An 
eminent  civilian.  As  a  Statesman  had  no  supe- 
rior in  his  day. 

Ebenezer  Alvord. 

Jonathan  Sheldon. 

John  Hanuum,  Jr.  His  son,  Eleazar,  lived  in 
Southampton. 

Joseph  Meacham.  ■ 

John  Parsons.  The  two,  Esther  Alvord  and  John 
Parsons,  were  drowned  the  same  day,  Oct.  8th, 
1707. 

Samuel  Bartlett,  Jr.  His  father  received  permis- 
sion in  1686  to  erect  a  grist  mill  at  the  falls  of 
the  Manhan  river. 

Nathaniel  Curtis. 

Nathaniel  Alexander,  Jr. 

Samuel  Baker. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  25 

Thomas  Stebbins. 

Ebenezer  Clark.  A  lieutenant.  His  house,  the 
second  built  by  Lieut.  William,  stood  near  Pres- 
ident Seelye's.     His  age  almost  one  hundred. 

John  Baker.  Usually  styled  Capt.  John.  Built 
about  1710  the  John  Whittelsey  house.  His  six 
sons,  very  tall  men,  averaged  eighty-two  years 
each. 

Mindwell  King. 

Sarah  French. 

Mary  North. 

Thankful  Phelps. 

Mercy  Rust. 

Eebekah  Stoddard. 

Mary  Phelps. 

Mehetabel  King. 

Thankful  Alvord. 

Hannah  Wright. 

Mary  Smith. 

Sarah  Pomeroy. 

Ruth  Wright. 

Rebekah  Strong. 

Sarah  Clark. 

Mary  Root. 

Elizabeth  Clark. 

Dorcas  Alvord. 

Mary  Strong. 


26  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mary  Searl. 

Mercy  Parsons. 

Mary  Smith. 

Experience  Clark. 

Elizabeth  Alvord. 

Mary  Sheldon. 

Rebekah  Clark. 

Joseph  Hawley.  The  second  of  this  name,  a  lieu- 
tenant. Married  Rebecca,  sister  of  Col.  John 
Stoddard.  This  marriage  united  the  Hawley  and 
Stoddard  families  and  gave  to  Northampton  one 
of  the  ablest  advocates  of  civil  freedom  before 
the  Revolution,  viz.,  Major  Joseph  Hawley. 

William  Holton. 

Samuel  Sheldon. 

Samuel  Strong. 

Noah  Cook.  His  house  on  West  street  stood  on 
Smith  College  grounds.  Married,  1712,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  first  deacon  John  Clark.  When 
chosen  deacon,  1739,  the  First  Church  enjoyed 
a  bright  period. 

Josiah  Parsons.  The  sixth  child  of  Esquire  Jo- 
seph's large  family  and  the  first  of  the  name  in 
town. 

Preserved  Clap,  Jr.  Was  captain,  married  Mehet- 
abel  Warner  of  Hatfield.  Among  his  children 
were  Roger,   Preserved,  John,  Eliphaz,  Ezra. 


solomon  stoddard's  ministry.  27 

Samuel  Curtis,  Jr. 

John  Kingsley. 

Abraham  Miller.  He  married  the  daughter  of 
Elder  Preserved  Clapp. 

Benoni  Stebbins. 

Thomas  Cheuey. 

Ebenezer  Lyman. 

Preserved  Bartlett. 

Jonathan  Wright. 

John  Wright. 

Samuel  Holton. 

Nathaniel  Parsons. 

Ebenezer  Bridgman. 

Ebenezer  Sheldon.  The  first  Sheldon  on  the 
Bridge  street  homestead.  In  1701,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  first  deacon  Jonathan  Hunt,  a  lady 
of  refinement,  a  favorite  among  the  young ;  her 
age  eighty-seven. 

Mary  Edwards. 

Esther  Curtis. 

Elizabeth  Stebbins. 

Mary  King. 

Thankful  Strong. 

Experience  Lyman. 

Mary  Wright. 

Dorothy  Hawley. 

Lydia  Warner. 


28  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Abigail  Holton. 

Mary  Sheldon. 

Lydia  Hawley. 

Mary  Baker. 

Abigail  Langton. 

Abigail  Clark. 

Mary  Sheldon. 

Mehetabel  Clap. 

Miriam  Cook. 

Mehetabel  Strong. 

Elizabeth  Bartlett. 

Thomas  Sheldon. 

Samuel  Clark. 

John  Bascom. 

James  Searl. 

David  Rust. 

Thomas  Alvord.  Previous  to  1730  owned  the 
house,  barn,  hatter's  shop  which,  at  the  above 
date,  came  into  possession  of  Dea.  Ebenezer 
Hunt,  in  the  center. 

John  Lyman.  The  second  of  this  name,  a  lieuten- 
ant. Settled  at  South  Farms,  molested  by  the 
Indians,  1704,  a  year  disastrous  to  Pascomac 
neighbors. 

Moses  Lyman.  Chosen  captain.  His  daughter 
Hannah  married  Elijah  Hunt,  on  Elm  street. 
His  daughter  Phebe  married  Lt.  Caleb  Strong, 
and  became  the  mother  of  Gov.  Caleb  Strong. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  >!) 

William  Bartlett. 

Thomas  Holton. 

Noah  Parsons. 

Isaac  Sheldon. 

William  King. 

John  Porter. 

Jeremiah  Webb. 

Benjamin  Stebbins. 

William  Parsons. 

Samuel  Smith. 
Jonathan  Parsons. 
Elizur  Wright,  Jr. 

Waitstill  Strong. 
Nathaniel  Searl. 
Eliakim  Strong. 
John  Hulbert. 

Timothy  Dwight.     Same  as   Col.  Timothy.     Lived 
on  Market  street,  Styled    Esquire   and    Surveyor 
Dwight.     One  of  the  first  in  full,  legal   practice 
in  the  community. 
Grace  Phelps. 
Mary  Clapp. 
Sarah  French. 
Hannah  Stebbins. 
Sarah  Southwell. 
Ruth  Edwards. 
Mary  Sheldon. 


30  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Hannah  Miller. 

Sarah  Rust. 

Hannah  Wright. 

Lydia  Parsons. 

Mary  Cook. 

Mary  Stebbins. 

Esther  Edwards. 

Elizabeth  Hodge. 

Hannah  Bascom. 

Thankful  Bascom. 

Sarah  Phelps. 

Mary  Bridgman. 

Sarah  North. 

Hannah  Clesson. 

Mary  Clark. 

Abigail  Clark. 

Sarah  Wright. 

Mindwell  Parsons. 

Samuel  Hulbert. 

John  Wait. 

James  Hulbert. 

Eliakim  Cook. 

Noah  Clark.  The  ninth  child  and  fifth  son  of  the 
first  Dea.  John.  His  homestead  was  at  the  top 
of  the  hill  above  the  Baptist  Church.  Eighty- 
two  at  his  decease,  younger  than  any  of  six 
brothers. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD^  MINISTRY.  31 

John  Miller.     The  first  who  settled  at  West  Farms. 

Joseph  Bartlett.  Originally  Pleasant  street  was  the 
headquarters  of  the  Bartletts,  therefore  its  first 
name,   Bartlett  street. 

Stephen  Wright.  Son  of  the  third  Samuel.  Chosen 
deacon  in  1739.  In  1744  moved  to  a  neighbor- 
hood afterwards  included  in  Easthampton.  An- 
cestor of  the  Wrights  in  that  town. 

Daniel  Buck. 

Nathaniel  Phelps.  Lived  on  South  street,  chosen 
lieutenant. 

Samuel  Janes. 

Eleazar  Holton. 

Haines  Kingsley. 

Joseph  Phelps. 

Samuel  Judd.  Lived  on  Pleasant  street.  Father, 
son  and  grandson  of  the  same  name  lived  there. 

William  Judd. 

David  Bartlett. 

Benoni  Wright. 

Benjamin  Bartlett. 

Benjamin  Sheldon. 

James  Porter. 

Nathaniel  Strong.  Hawley  street.  The  third  child 
of  Elder  Ebenezer,  born  1673,  when  his  grand- 
father, Elder  John,  was  in  the  height  of  his  use- 
fulness. 


o2  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Experience  Wright. 
Elizabeth  Judd. 
Thankful  'Alexander. 
Hannah  Porter. 
Elizabeth  Alexander. 
Esther  Cook. 
Abigail  Strong. 
Jemima  Sheldon. 
Sarah  Smith. 
Sarah  Smith. 
Hannah  Porter. 
Priscilla  Searl. 
Mehetabel  Strong. 
Hannah  French. 
Elizabeth  Phelps. 
Sarah  Searl. 
Hannah  Wright. 
Elizabeth  Wright. 
Mindwell  Lyman. 
Susanna  Webb. 
Mindwell  Holton. 
Sarah  Edwards. 
Mindwell  Parsons. 
Mindwell  Strong. 
Experience  D wight. 
Hewett  Strong. 
Ebenezer  Rust. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  33 

Ezra  Strong. 

Samuel  Wright. 

Thomas  Alexander. 

William  Sanderson. 

Samuel  Wright. 

John  Alexander. 

Ebenezer  Southwell. 
Ezekiel  Bascom. 

Joseph  Lyman,  first  born   of   Lt.    Benjamin,  home 
on  Pleasant  street.     Married  in  Farmington,  Ct 
His  second  child,    Mercy,  married   Hon.    Joseph 
Hawley,  the  patriot. 
Jonathan  Kingsley. 
Eliakim  King. 
Ezekiel  Bascom. 
Samuel  King. 

Ebenezer  Pomeroy.     Son  of  Major  Ebenezer.    Chos- 
t    en  deacon  1739.     Served  thirty-five  years.      Saw 

ten  spiritual  harvests. 
Noah    Wright.      Captain     Noah.      Succeeded    his 

father,  Dea.  Ebenezer,    on   Bridge    street   home- 

stead. 

William  Clark. 

Deliverance  Bridgman. 

Samuel  Pomeroy. 

Samuel  Sheldon. 

Joshua  Lyman. 
3 


34  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

George,  an  Indian. 

Josiah  Pomeroy.     Same  as  Ensign   Josiah,  brother 

of  Dea.  Ebenezer,  one   of   Major   Ebenezer's  six 

sons. 
Joseph  Alvord.     Born  1698,  grandson  of  Alexander 

Alvord,  by  occupation  a  weaver.     Married  Clem- 

ence,  daughter  of  Dea.  Ebenezer  Wright. 
Eunice  Clark. 
Abigail  Lyman. 
Mary  Lyman. 
Abigail  Hulbert. 
Hannah  Hunt. 
Jemima  Cook. 
Sarah  Strong. 
Martha  Strong. 
Mary  Phelps. 
Lydia  Searl. 
Hannah 
Esther  King. 
Joanna  Clark. 
Thankful  Sheldon. 
Abigail  Phelps. 
Esther  Lyman. 
Hannah  Root. 
Elizabeth  Clapp. 
Bethiah   Lyman. 
Mary  Strong. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  35 

Mary  Strong. 

Abigail  Lyman. 

Deborah  Alvord. 

Elizabeth  Pomeroy. 

Esther  King. 

Thomas  White. 

William  Wait,  Jr. 

Samuel  Marshall.  A  prominent  citizen,  selectman, 
captain,  house  stood  near  the  site  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  Capt.  Joseph  Hawley  married  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Capt.   Samuel  Marshall. 

Ebenezer  Cooke  or  Cass. 

Jonathan  Allen. 

Noah  Sheldon.  Born  1709,  on  the  Bridge  street 
homestead.     Second  child  of  Ensign  Ebenezer. 

Jonathan  Hunt,  Jr.  Same  as  Lieut.  Jonathan, 
ancestor  of  Madam  Henshaw.  He  was  the  first 
to  occupy  what  is  now  the  S.  E.  Bridgman  place. 
A  public  spirited  man.  Gave  twenty  pounds 
towards  the  town  schools. 

Samuel  Stebbins. 

Phinehas  Lyman.  He  entered  Yale  and  died  be- 
fore completing  his  college  course. 

Gideon  Lyman.  Same  as  Lieut  Gideon,  held  sev- 
eral town  offices. 

Jerijah  Strong.  The  eighteenth  and  youngest  child 
of  Elder  John.     Baptized    by  the   first  minister, 


36  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mr.  Mather,  he  lived  through  Mr.  Stoddard's 
long  pastorate,  also  through  the  eventful  one  of 
Mr.  Edwards,  into  Mr.  Hooker's  attaining  the 
age  of  about  ninety. 

Preserved  Clapp.  He  settled  on  South  street.  The 
place  was  afterward  owned,  1747,  by  Josiah 
Clark,  Jr. 

John  Clark.  The  third  Dea.  John,  lived  in  South- 
ampton. 

Nathan  Lyinan. 

Jonathan  Root. 

Ebenezer  Miller,  Jr. 

Elias  Root. 

Aaron  Lyman, 

Preserved  Wright. 

Joseph  Wright,  Jr. 

Hezekiah  Wright. 

John  Bridgman. 

Benjamin  Lyman. 

Thomas  Bridgman. 

Benjamin  Root. 

Miriam  Clark. 

Mary  Clark. 

Mary  Alvord. 

Mary  Wright. 

Elizabeth  Edwards. 

Hannah  Southwell. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  37 

Elizabeth  Burt. 

Elizabeth  Lyman. 

Hannah  Strong. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Anna  Wait. 

Lydia  Wright. 

Deborah  Phelps. 

Elizabeth  Hunt. 

Rebecca  Clary. 

Rebecca  Strong. 

Thankful  Alexander. 

Clernence  Wright. 

Miriam  Sheldon. 

Ruth  Alexander. 

Keziah  Wright. 

Experience  Stebbins. 

Margaret  Leonard. 

Ruth  Bascom. 

Esther  Strong. 

Samuel  Allen,  Jr. 

Moses  Kingsley. 

John  Clapp.  One  of  the  five  sons  of  Capt.  Pre- 
served. 

Ebenezer  Hawley.  His  father  was  the  first  Jo- 
seph Hawley.  Gave  his  property  to  his  nephew, 
the   eminent  Major  Joseph. 

Ebenezer  French. 


38  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Jonathan  King. 

John  Burt. 

Jonathan  Burt,  Jr. 

Eliakim  Clark. 

Eliakim  Phelps. 

Supply  Kingsley.  The  church  chose  him  associate 
deacon  with  Ebenezer  Hunt  in  1754. 

Elisha  Clark.  The  last  one  killed  by  Indian 
cruelty.  At  the  time  he  was  threshing  in  his 
barn,  1747.  His  father  was  the  second  Dea. 
John. 

Aaron  Leonard. 

Jonathan  Bust. 

Amos  Loomis. 

Samuel  Phelps,  Jr. 

Nathaniel  Clark,  Jr.  Was  ensign,  afterwards  lieu- 
tenant, chosen  selectman  several  times. 

Roger  Clapp,  Jr.  Son  of  Capt.  Preserved.  His 
son,  Roger,  was  a  settler  of  Southampton. 

Jonathan  Graves. 

Josiah  Alvord. 

Ebenezer  Hunt.  The  same  that  was  chosen  dea- 
con. He  kept  a  record  of  passing  events,  which 
has  served  and  still  does,  a  valuable  purpose. 

Lydia  Wright. 

Esther  Webb. 

Eunice  Judd. 


SOLOMON   STODDARD'S   MINISTRY.  39 

Rachel  Strong. 

Damaris  Strong. 

Mary  Sheldon. 

Abigail  Curtis. 

Patience  Miller. 

Mary  Alvord. 

Martha  Hunt. 

Sarah  Root. 

Mary  King. 

Elizabeth  Wait. 

Mehetabel  Clapp. 

Hannah  Sheldon. 

Hannah  Edwards. 
Abigail  Wright. 

Mary  Edwards. 
Mary  Edwards. 
Sarah  Allen. 
Submit  Searl. 
Elizabeth  Burt. 
Elizabeth  Webb. 
Ann  Root. 
Hannah  Miller. 
Abigail  Strong. 
Sarah  Rust. 
Hannah  Fowler. 
Sarah  Kingsley. 


CHAPTER    III. 


Rev.  Jonathan   Edwards'  Ministry,  1727 — 1750. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

Jonathan  Edwards.  The  third  minister  of  North- 
ampton. His  pastorate,  attended  with  uncom- 
mon success,  continued  twenty-three  years.  Con- 
sidered the  greatest  of  American  logicians  and 
theologians. 

Ebenezer  Parsons.  Same  as  Captain  Ebenezer. 
Third  son  of  Esquire  Joseph.  His  home  lot  was 
near  the  Norwood  House.  Active  and  useful  in 
public  affairs, 

Josiah  Strong. 

Noah  Bridgman.  The  town  voted  him  a  tract  of 
land  at  Horse  Mountain  or  North  Farms. 

James  Lyman. 

Jonathan  Dwight. 

Stephen  Eoot. 

Ephraim  Ayres. 

Jonathan  Burt,  Jr. 

Eleazar  Hannum. 

(40) 


THIRD   MEETING    HOUSE — ERECTED    1737, 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  41 

Elisha  Searl. 

Gideon  Parsons. 

Eleazar  Hutchinson. 

Eleazar  Kingsley. 

Elisha  Sheldon. 

Zebadiah  Miller. 

Asa  Wright. 

Elkanah  Burt. 

Thomas  Burt. 

Phinehas  King. 

Amos,  a  Negro. 

Benjamin  Phelps. 

Joseph  Hunt.  Son  of  second  Jonathan.  Gradua- 
ted at  Yale,  1729.  Entered  no  profession.  His 
dwelling  stood  on  Elm  street,  on  the  left  hand 
of  the  road  leading  to  Round  Hill. 

Jonathan  Strong,  Jr.  He  was  the  first  of  five 
Jonathan  Strongs  on  South  street.  He  married, 
1730,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Capt.  Roger  Clapp, 
in  same  neighborhood.  The  first  tything  man, 
viz  :  in  1761. 

Elizabeth  Wait. 

Esther  Wright. 

Mary  Parsons. 

Mehetabel  Strong. 

Elizabeth  Strong. 

Hannah  Lyman. 


42  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Eunice  King. 

Mary  Leonard. 

Elizabeth  Allen. 

Hannah  Allen. 

Hannah  Root. 

Martha  Root. 

Mindvvell  King. 

Mary  Hunt. 

Hannah  Strong. 

Hannah  Clark. 

Rachel  Langton. 

Mary  Bascom. 

Hannah  Miller. 

Theodotia  Hunt. 

Hephzibah  Pomeroy. 

Jerusha  Clark. 

Abigail  Bridgman. 

Hephzibah  Hulbert. 

Elizabeth  Langton. 

Aaron  Clark. 

Samuel  Dank. 

Samuel  Mather,  M.  D.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1726. 
Studied  medicine.  Lived  here  in  full  practice 
fifty  years,  being  the  first  educated  physician 
that  settled  in  Northampton.  Officiated  as  a 
magistrate  and  selectman. 

Samuel  Clapp,  Jr. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  43 

Joseph  Clark. 
Jonathan  Bascom. 

Daniel    Pomeroy.      Same    as     Lt.      Daniel.       The 
youngest  of  Major    Ebenezer's    six    sons.     Killed 
at  the  battle  of  Lake  George  in  1755. 
Joseph  Allen.     Father  of  fourteen  children.     Three 
of  them  were  ministers.     His  wife  acted  as  phy- 
sician with  remarkable   success. 
Nehemiah    Dwight.      Came    from    Dedham.     The 
first  in   town    to    own    a    sleigh.     It    had   plank 
runners.     At  that  time  pleasure    sleighs  did    not 
exist. 
Benjamin  Stebbins. 
Daniel  Alexander. 
Eeuben  Case. 
Thomas  Porter. 
Joseph  Bascom. 
Eleazar  Burt. 
Jonathan  Clark. 
Ebenezer  Wright,  Jr. 
Nehemiah  Allen. 
Ithamar  Clark. 
Ebenezer  Miller,  Jr. 
Ichabod  Strong. 

Samuel  Mather,  Jr.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1756. 
A  physician  in  Westfield.  A  special  justice  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 


44  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Jonathan  Clapp.  Born  on  South  street,  lived  in 
Easthampton,  kept  a  public  house,  rose  to  the 
rank  of  major,  had  fourteen  children,  ancestor 
of  Aliens,  Lymans,  and  other  races. 

Caleb  Strong.  A  lieutenant  of  superior  intellect, 
father  of  Caleb,  eleven  times  governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Daniel  Warner.  The  first  of  that  name  who  lived 
in  the  Warner  district,  near  John  F.  Warner's. 

Elizabeth  Warner. 

Mary  Stebbins. 

Hannah  Pomeroy. 

Mary  Marshall. 

Mary  Lyman. 

Mindwell  Burt. 

Sarah  Edwards. 

Martha  Bascom. 

Mary  Clesson. 

Eunice  Parsons. 

Abigail  Lyman. 

Rebecca  Leonard. 

Eunice  Strong. 

Thankful  Pomeroy. 

Lydia  Rust. 

Elizabeth  Clap. 

Jemima  Parsons. 

Thankful  Phelps. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS*   MINISTRY.  45 

Mary  Phelps. 

Mindwell  Phelps. 

Mary  Taylor. 

Mindwell  Alexander. 

Elizabeth  Clesson.  • 

Ann  Lyman. 

Elizabeth  Wait. 

Hezekiah  Eoot. 

Preserved  Marshall. 

Josiah 

Elias  Lyman.     An  inn-keeper  at  South  Farms. 

Noah  Strong. 

Moses  Lyman,  Jr.  Son  of  Capt.  Moses  who  lived 
near  the  corner  of  what  afterward  became  Pleas- 
ant and  Main  Streets. 

Daniel  Lyman.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1745.  A  law- 
yer in  New  Haven,  a  member  of  the  city  coun- 
cil, a  deacon,  much  esteemed. 

Charles  Phelps.  Son  of  Lt.  Nathaniel.  Lived 
across  the  river,  two  miles  north  of  Hadley.  A 
model  farmer. 

Moses  Clark. 

Jonathan  Miller. 

Elias  Strong. 

Daniel  Clark.  Built  on  Elm  street,  1739,  the 
western-most  dwelling  in  town  ;  a  century  later 
it  was  the  Allen  Clark  place. 


46  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Hezekiah  Root,  Jr. 

Reuben  Wright. 

Titus  Wright. 

Elnathau  Wright. 

Joseph  Bridgman. 

Seth  Pomeroy.     General    Seth,    a    patriot    of    the 

Revolution,    at    the    battle    of    Bunker    Hill,    a 

brave  officer.     A  manufacturer  of  fire-arms. 
Gad  Lyman.     An  early  settler  in  Goshen. 
Ephraim  Parsons. 
Israel  Rust,  Jr. 
Seth  Marshall. 
Josiah  Phelps. 
Enoch  Southwell. 
Nathaniel  Edwards.     He  taught  the  first  school  on 

South  street.     His  son  Nathaniel  went  to  college, 

but  did  not  graduate. 
Sarah  Langton. 
Lydia  Burt. 
Mary  Bartlett. 
Abigail  Bridgman. 
Mary  Wright. 
Mary  Kingsley. 
Sarah  Root. 
Elizabeth  King. 
Sarah  Hutchinson. 
Bethiah  Webb. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  47 

Euth  Root. 

Mary  Clark. 

Experience  Allen. 

Wait  Parsons. 

Sarah  Clap. 

Lydia  Bridgman. 

Mary  Burt. 

Elizabeth  Alvord. 

Abigail  Langton. 

Elizabeth  Clark. 

Jemima  Danks. 

Dorothy  Mather. 

Esther  Root. 

Mary  Hannum. 

Mindwell  Clapp. 

Eleazar  King. 

Joseph  King. 

Seth  Strong. 

Moses  Wright. 

Pelatiah  Holbrook. 

Ephraim  Wright.     His  home  lot    near   the   center, 

between    King    and    Market    streets.      1794,    he 

gave  three  and  one-half  acres    to    his    son   Seth. 

Near  the  end  of  the  century,  Seth  sold   to  Asa- 

hel  Pomeroy  and  went  to  Boston. 
Ebenezer  Clark,  Jr.     Built,  1740,    on   Elm   street. 

Three  generations  lived  there,  among  them  Dea. 

Jared  and  his  family. 


48  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Mark  Warner,  3d. 

Elihu  Parsons. 

Charles  Wright. 

Thomas  Strong.  Son  of  the  first  Jonathan.  Grad- 
uated at  Yale,  1740.  Settled  in  the  ministry  at 
New  Marlborough,  1744-77. 

Ebenezer  Wright,  3d. 

Joseph  Miller. 

Waitstill  Strong,  Jr. 

Aaron  Miller. 

Nathaniel  Day. 

Selah  Clark. 

Ebenezer  Phelps.  The  first  of  that  name,  house 
near  Shady  Lawn. 

John  Hunt.  Built  and  occupied  the  Henshaw 
mansion  where  S.  E.  Bridgman  lives.  Set  out 
the  elms  which  gave  name  to  the  street. 

Eliphaz  Clap. 

John  Baker,  Jr. 

Paul  Dudley. 

Ezra  Clark.  Lived  on  Bridge  street  near  the  toll 
gate.  Commenced  there  1739.  Was  one  of  the 
Committee  of  Fifteen  in  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. 

William  Lyman.  Same  as  Capt.  William.  His 
son,  William,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  1776,  a  mem- 
ber of  Congress,  Consul   to    London    under   Jef- 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  49 

ferson,  died  there  1811  and  buried  in  Gloucester 

Cathedral,  England. 

Samuel  Clark,  Jr. 

Rebecca  Searl. 

Lydia  Pomeroy. 

Sarah  Cass. 

Mary  Pomeroy. 

Elizabeth  Allen. 

Mindwell  King. 

Prudence  Stoddard. 

Thankful  King. 

Rebecca  Stebbins. 

Miriam  Danks. 

Mary  Parsons. 

Rebecca  Mix. 

Rachel  Judd. 

Hannah  Alexander. 

Martha  Alexander. 

Phebe  Stockbridge. 

Elizabeth  Danks. 

Mindwell  Parsons. 

Rebecca  Alvord. 

Hannah  Bartlett. 

Sarah  Janes. 

Mercy  Edwards. 

Elizabeth  Clark. 

Mary  Hulburd. 
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50  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Hannah  Phelps. 

Elias  Lyman,  Jr.  Kept  a  public  house  near  Eock 
Ferry,  South  Farms.  Educated  two  sons  at  Dart- 
mouth College. 

Zebulon  Wright. 

Elisha  Strong. 

Abel  Ingersoll. 

Gideon  Hale. 

Ebenezer  Wait. 

John  Wright,  Jr. 

Stephen  Sheldon  and  Israel  Sheldon.  Brothers, 
sons  of  Ensign  Ebenezer  on  Bridge  street. 

Samuel  Strong. 

Aaron  Wright. 

Keuben  King. 

Joseph  Strong.  One  of  this  name  moved,  1716,  to 
Conventry,  Conn.  A  man  of  property  and  great 
worth.  Became  town  treasurer,  selectman  and 
justice  of  the  peace.  For  fifty-two  times  was 
representative.  Including  extra  sessions,  he  was 
a  member  during  sixty-five  sessions.  In  his 
ninety-first  year  he  was  moderator  of  the  town 
meeting. 

Benajah  Strong.  His  son,  Asahel,  a  deaf  mute, 
was  drowned  July  9th,   1770. 

Phinehas  Clark.  Lived  on  Elm  street  next  be- 
yond Prof.   Stoddard's. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'  MINISTRY.  51 

Noah  Baker.  Became  a  Baptist  minister,  preached 
in  Sunderland,  lived  to  be  ninety-one. 

Noah  Clark,  Jr. 

Timothy  Baker. 

Samuel  Bridgman. 

Noah  Wait. 

Eleazar  Root. 

Simeon  King. 

Joseph  Hunn. 

Ezra  Clapp.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1740.  Lived  at 
Westfield. 

Samuel  Kingsley.  Built  about  1740.  The  house 
stands  on  South  street,  number  19,  owned  for- 
merly by  Dea.   Daniel  Kingsley. 

Priscilla  Searl. 
Sarah  Edwards. 
Miriam  Edwards. 
Mary  Warner. 
Eunice  Parsons. 
Esther  Wait. 
Thankful  Clark. 
Sarah  Baker. 
Mary  Baker. 
Elizabeth  Clark. 
Mary  Strong. 
Elizabeth  Edwards. 
Eleanor  Dwight. 


52  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mary  Bridgman. 

Hannah  Loomis. 

Naomi  Strong. 

Hannah  Wait. 

Damaris  Wait. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Abigail  Clesson. 

Thankful  Clesson. 

Hannah  King. 

Abigail  Clark. 

M indwell   Lyman. 

Dinah  Wright. 

Aaron  Clapp. 

Daniel  King. 

Thomas  Wright. 

Medad  King. 

Asahel  King. 

Timothy  Root. 

Moses  Sheldon. 

Moses  Kellogg. 

Samuel  Edwards,  Jr.  Lived  number  80  South 
street,  great  grandfather  of  Prof.  Bela  B.  and 
Dr.  Justin  Edwards,  both  eminent  Bible  scholars. 

Abner  Lyman.  Married  about  1726,  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  the  first  Mark  Warner. 

Asahel  Clapp. 

Moses  Hannum. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  53 

Selah  Wright. 

Isaac  Parsons  and  Josiah,  Jr.  Sons  of  Josiah  Par- 
sons, Sr.  Homestead  originally  fronted  on  Mar- 
ket and  Bridge  streets.  Isaac  received  the  east- 
erly half,  and  Josiah,  Jr.,  had  the  westerly  por- 
tion. 

Stephen  Clark. 

John  Keet. 

John  Alvord. 

Jonathan  Frary. 

Aaron  Root. 

Seth  Clapp. 

Elisha  Harvey. 

Samuel  Clesson,  Jr. 

Job  Strong.  Lieut.  Nathaniel's  son,  Hawley  street. 
Graduated  at  Yale,  1747.  A  missionary  with 
Brainerd  among  the  Indians  in  New  Jersey.  He 
said  Thirty  Indian  children  could  answer  all  the 
questions  in  the  Assembly's  catechism.  Settled 
at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1749. 

Elisha  Pomeroy,  or  Capt.  Elisha.  His  property 
comprised  the  dwelling,  shop  and  land  of  his 
grandfather,  Dea.  Medad  Pomeroy,  now  covered 
with  buildings  below  the  Edwards  Church. 

Esther  Wright. 

Mary  Stockbridge. 

Phebe  Strong. 


54  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Dorothy  Root. 
Rachel  Clapp. 
Experience  Strong. 
Esther  Sheldon. 
Anna  Bartlett. 
Rachel  Parsons. 
Anna  Phelps. 
Eunice  Searl. 
Eunice  Wright. 
Abigail  Judd. 
Submit  Clapp. 
Rachel  Maudsley. 
Rachel  Searl. 
Abigail  Hutchinson. 
Lois  Clark. 
Experience  Wait. 
Rachel  Parsons. 
Phebe  Lyman. 
Hannah  Edwards. 
Catharine  Clark. 
Naomi  Warner. 
Martha  Sheldon. 
Timothy  Clark. 
Aaron  Baker. 
Benjamin  Edwards,  Jr. 
Thomas  Wait. 
Samuel  Langton,  Jr. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  55 

Nathan  Graves. 

Eldad  Pomeroy. 

Zebadiah  Alvord. 

Onesimus  Nash. 

Elisha  Warner.  Son  of  the  first  Mark.  Lived  in 
Chesterfield.     Had  no  children. 

Simeon  Clark.  Born  opposite  the  Art  Gallery. 
Married  Rebecca  Sheldon,  1749.  The  next  year 
moved  to  Amherst.  Chosen  deacon  there.  The 
homestead  continued  till  recently  in  same  family. 

Jerijah  Strong,  Jr.  Lived  on  North  Market  street. 
The  fifth  and  sixth  generations  now  occupy  the 
place. 

John  Searl.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1745.  Entered 
the  ministry.  Assisted  in  preparing  some  of  Ed- 
wards' works  for  publication. 

Jacob  Parsons.  Married  daughter  of  first  Ebenezer 
Hunt.  Father  of  twelve  children.  Lived  on 
Bridge  street. 

Ebenezer  Pomeroy,  3d.  Son  of  Deacon  and  grand- 
son of  Major  Ebenezer. 

Nathaniel  Searl. 

Nathaniel  Searl,  Jr. 

James  Downing. 

Caleb  Clark. 

Samuel  Burt. 


56  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Robert  Danks.  A  descendant  probably  of  the  Rob- 
ert who  began,  1665,  the  settlement  at  Nasha- 
wannuck,  and  from  whom  Danks'  pond  received 
its  name. 

David  Burt,  Jr. 

Edward  Cotes. 

William  Bartlett,  Jr.  One  of  the  early  settlers  at 
Westhampton  in  1768  was  William  Bartlett. 
Built  the  first  frame  house,  paid  the  largest  tax. 

Elihu  Lyman.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1745.  Studied 
law,  lived  at  New  Haven,  partner  of  his  brother 
Daniel. 

Eunice  Sheldon. 

Martha  King. 

Thankful  Parsons. 

Experience  Wright. 

Sarah  Wright. 

Sarah  Holton. 

Lydia  Wright. 

Naomi  Wright. 

Martha  Phelps. 

Sarah  Burt. 

Silence  Clark. 

Abigail  Janes. 

Mary  Searl. 

Rachel  Pomeroy. 

Lois  Strong. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS"   MINISTRY.  57 

Hannah  Miller. 

Sarah  Miller. 

Mary  King. 

Eunice  Edwards. 

Eunice  Cook. 

Eunice  Wait. 

Abigail  Phelps. 

Hannah  Judd. 

Eunice  Phelps. 

Miriam  Wright. 

David  Bartlett. 

Noah  Lyman. 

Charles  Coles. 

Jonathan  Alvord. 

Ephraim  Danks. 

Samuel  Hannum. 

Matthew  Clark.     Married  1754,  Sarah,  daughter  of 

the  second    Dea.    John    Clark   on    South   street. 

Matthew  Clark  lived  at  Lebanon,  Conn. 
Jonathan  Edwards. 
Benoni  Danks. 
Zadok  Lyman. 

Jason,  servant  to  Major  Pomeroy. 
Simon,  servant  to  Capt.    Dwight, 
Ishmael,  servant  to  Nathaniel  Edwards. 
Joab,  a  colored  man. 


58  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Josiah  Clark,  Jr.  Son  of  Ensign  Josiah.  Settled 
and  lived  on  South  street.  Officiated  as  deacon 
thirty-four  years. 

Gideon  Henderson. 

John  Wait,  Jr. 

Thomas  Starr. 

William  Clark.     A  farmer  on  Elm  street.     Married 

'  and    settled   nearly    opposite    John    Whittelsey's, 

1746.     Drove  fat  cattle  to  Boston  between  1753- 

57.     He    and    Daniel    Clark,    his    cousin,    were 

neighbors  fifty-eight  years. 

Daniel  Strong.  Brother  of  Job  the  collegian,  aided 
his  brother  in  obtaining  an  education.  Another 
Daniel  Strong  was  drum  major  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  went  by  the  name  of  "  Dub  Strong." 

Nathaniel  Phelps,  Jr. 

Ebenezer  Pomeroy,  4th. 

Ebenezer  Bartlett,  Jr. 

Benjamin  Parsons.  An  unmarried  brother  of  Jo- 
seph on  South  street,  lived  to  be  eighty-eight. 
The  place  went  into  the  hands  of  William  Par- 
sons, hatter,  same  as  Major  William. 

David  Bartlett,  Jr. 

Rachel  King. 

Christiana  King. 

Anna  King. 

Mary  Waters. 


JONATHAN  EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  59 

Sarah  Lyman. 

Mercy  Searl. 

Elizabeth  Root. 

Mary  Hannum. 

Sarah  Pomeroy. 

Mary  Churchill. 

Elizabeth  Phelps. 

Martha  Root. 

Mary  King. 

Freedom  Edwards. 

Abigail  Danks. 

Dorothy  Danks. 

Elizabeth  Cass. 

Hannah  Keet. 

Rachel  Wright. 

Patience  Alvord. 

Abigail  Judd. 

Jemima  Bartlett. 

Esther  Parsons. 

Mabel  Bartlett. 

Elizabeth,  servant  to  Col.  John  Stoddard. 

Joseph  Parsons.     His    homestead    on    South   street 

joined  that  of  Noah   Parsons.     Always  lived   on 

the  place.     Age  eighty-five. 
Seth  Clark. 
Ebenezer  Alvord. 
Oliver  Warner. 


60  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Bela  Strong.  Ithamar  Strong.  Same  as  Capt. 
Ithamar,  boatman  on  the  Connecticut  river.  He 
lived  on  the  westerly  corner  of  Main  and  South 
streets.  Bela  Strong  lived  where  Memorial  Hall 
stands. 

Obadiah  Frary. 

Medad  Lyman. 

William  Sheldon. 

Simeon  Lyman. 

John  Miller,  Jr. 

Stephen  Wright,  Jr. 

Timothy  Wright.  Lived  on  King  street.  His 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  Dea.  Enos  Wright, 
one  of  the  best  women  that  ever  lived.  Grand- 
parents of  William  K.  Wright. 

Gershom  Clark. 

John  Langton. 

Samuel  Janes,  Jr. 

John  Lyman,  Jr.  An  inn- keeper  for  fifty-three 
years  at  South  Farms.  Himself  one  of  ten  chil- 
dren, so  in  his  turn  he  became  the  father  of  the 
same  number.     One  went  to  Yale. 

Supply  Clapp. 

Benjamin  Parsons,  Jr. 

Caleb  Wright. 

Noah  Edwards. 

Gideon  Clark. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  61 

Nathaniel  Wright. 

Elisha  Hawley.  Brother  of  Major  Joseph.  Same 
as  Capt.  Elisha.  He  fell  at  the  battle  of  Lake 
George,  1755. 

Martin  Phelps.  His  son  of  the  same  name  gradu- 
uated  at  Yale,  1776,  and  lived  in  Chester,  Mass. 
Stood  high  as  a  physician,  was  town  clerk,  rep- 
resentative. Lived  to  be  eighty-two.  His  son  of 
the  same  name  was  sheriff  of  Chester. 

Leah,  servant  of  Jonathan  Edwards. 

Mary  West. 

Mary  Wright. 

Elizabeth  Pomeroy. 

Jane  Stephens. 

Phebe  Parsons. 

Sarah  Porter. 

Mary  Alexander. 

Rebecca  Clark. 

Experience  King. 

Sarah  Clark. 

Rebecca  Nash. 

Rachel  Clark. 

Esther  Hannnm. 

Sarah  Edwards. 

Keziah  Parsons. 

Joanna  Clark. 

Mary  Parsons. 


62  FIRST    CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Sarah  King. 

Jemima  Wright. 

Martha  Hunt. 

Mary  Baker. 

Rachel  Phelps. 

Sarah    Alvord. 

Elizabeth  Edwards. 

Lucy  Strong. 

Charles  Brewster. 

Samuel  King. 

Noah  Copley. 

Jedediah  Clark. 

Joseph  Cook. 

Seth  Wright. 

Edmund  Taylor. 

Abraham  Miller,  Jr. 

Noah  Langton. 

Thomas  Judd,  Jr.  His  father  lived  first  in  the 
center,  then  at  South  Farms.  Reared  ten  chil- 
dren. The  Judds  of  South  Hadley  were  his  de- 
scendants. 

Enoch  Clark.  Born  1726,  near  the  Art  Gallery. 
A  Lieut.,  also  an  inn-keeper. 

Joseph  Hawley.  The  third  and  most  eminent  of 
that  name.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1742.  As  an 
advocate  of  American  liberty  stood  pre-eminent. 
Rendered  important  service  to  his  country  in  his 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS     MINISTRY.  63 

seat  in  the   legislature.     Served  twenty  six  years 
as  deacon. 

Phinehas  Lyman.  Son  of  Lieut.  Gideon.  Eliza- 
beth Hawley,  Capt.  Elisha's  widow,  after  a  few 
years  of  widowed  life,  married  Phinehas  Lyman. 

Timothy  Dwight,  Jr.,  viz.  Major  Timothy.  An 
extensive  trader,  large  land  holder,  for  sixteen 
years  was  Judge  of  Common  Pleas.  Had  four- 
teen children,  several  of  them  graduates. 

John  Pomeroy. 

John  Alvord,  Jr. 

John  Macklane. 

Moses  Webb. 

Ebenezer  Clapp. 

Elisha  Pomeroy. 

Ebenezer  Edwards.  Killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree, 
Aug.  22d,  1771,  aged  fifty-one. 

Benjamin  Lyman,  Jr. 

Aaron  Hannum. 

Jonathan  Kingsley,  Jr. 

Preserved  Bartlett,  Jr. 

Matha  Clark. 

Jemima  Clark. 

Eunice  Alvord. 

Abigail  Lyman. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Mary  Marshall. 


04  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Eebecca  Marshall. 

Anna  Wright. 

Jemima  Sheldon. 

Esther  Lyman. 

Rachel  Hunt. 

Sarah  Miller. 

Hannah  Strong. 

Mary  Parsons. 

Lydia  Parsons. 

Phebe  Edwards. 

Abigail  Pomeroy. 

Dinah  Corse. 

Catharine  Munn. 

Mary  Lyman. 

Elizabeth  Bartlett. 

Lois  Phelps. 

Lucy  Warner. 

Sarah  Clark. 

Bathsheba,  a  colored  woman. 

Eliakim  Wright. 

Elisha  Baker. 

Jonathan  Miller. 

Stephen  Dorchester. 

Eliakim  Marshall. 

Noah  Pomeroy. 

Samuel  Alvord. 

Caleb  Sheldon. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  65 

Samuel  Langton. 

Medad  Edwards.  Home  on  South  street.  A  tra- 
dition remains  that  he  occupied  a  "block  house," 
much  used  in  those  times  as  a  means  of  defence. 
Constructed  of  logs,  the  lower  story  penetrated 
below  the  surface  of  the  ground  several  feet ; 
the  upper  projected  on  all  sides  beyond  the 
lower. 

Elias  Sheldon.  Born  1721.  The  second  who  lived 
on  Sheldon  place,  Bridge  street.  Continued 
there  till  1793. 

Isaac  Lyman.  Son  of  Capt.  Moses.  Graduated  at 
Yale,  1747.  Was  pastor  at  York,  Maine,  sixty 
years,  1749-1809. 

Simeon  Pomeroy.  Lived  on  King  street  near  the 
"Edwards  Elms,"  between  Mrs.  Dr.  Fisk's  and 
the  Aaron  Breck  place. 

Samuel  Clarke.  A  native  of  Windsor,  Ct.  Came 
to  Northampton,  1747,  a  saddle  and  harness 
maker.  Lived  on  corner  of  Bridge  and  Hawley 
streets.  Nine  children  born  there.  Ancestor  of 
John  the  banker,  Edward,  Christopher,  Richard, 
and  of  the  present  Christopher. 

Dorcas  Lyman. 

Lydia  Lyman. 

Margaret  Alvord. 

Rachel  Keet. 
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66  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Elizabeth  Rust. 
Ruth  Connor. 
Mary  Downing. 
Sarah  Parsons. 
Hannah  Edwards. 
Experience  Phelps. 
Catharine  Wright. 
Experience  Birge. 
Jerusha  Alvord. 
Margaret  Parsons. 
Mary  Tule. 
Experience  Lyon. 
Rebecca  Sheldon. 
Sarah  Strong. 
Sarah  Bartlett. 
Jemima  Root. 
Elizabeth  Cook. 
Jemima  Miller. 
Rebecca  Searl. 
Rachel  Barnard. 
Sarah  Strong. 
Lydia  Hutchinson. 
Martha  Alvord. 
Sarah  Langton. 
Mary  Canfield. 
Sarah  Searl. 
Beulah   Parsons. 


JONATHAN   EDWARDS'   MINISTRY.  67 

Elizabeth  Bartlett. 

Jerusha  Clark. 

Esther  Edwards.     Married,  1752,  Rev.  Aaron  Burr, 

president  of  Princeton  College. 
Jerusha  Edwards.     Expected  to  marry  Rev.   David 

Brainerd,  missionary.     He  died  at    her    father's, 

1747. 
Mary  Edwards.    Married  to  Major  Timothy  Dwight. 

One     of     her    fourteen     children    was    Timothy 

Dwight,  president  of    Yale    College,    1795-1817. 

Her    husband    built    the    Mrs.    Dr.    Fisk   house. 

Her  children   were    all    born    there.     The   three 

foregoing,  Esther,  Jerusha,   and    Mary  Edwards, 

were  daughters  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  third 

pastor. 
Mary  Alexander. 
Experience  King. 
Hannah  Baker. 
Ann  Judd. 


CHAPTER    IV. 
Rei\  John  Hooker's  Ministry,  1754 — 1777. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1754. 

Abner  Barnard. 

Charles  Clapp. 

Stephen  Baker. 

Silas  Brown. 

Philip  Clark. 

Obadiah  Janes. 

Moses  Bartlett. 

Thomas  Williston. 

Oscar  Munson. 

Nathaniel  Bartlett. 

Silas  Hamilton. 

Elihu  Clark.  The  first  of  that  name.  The  young- 
est son  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer.  Lived  near  Presi- 
dent Seelye's. 

Elisha  Cook.     Son    of    Dea.    Noah.     Owned    with 
his  brother  Aaron,  the  upper  mill. 
(68) 


JOHN   HOOKER'S   MINISTRY.  69 

Noah  Parsons,  Jr.  Married,  1755,  Phebe  Bartlett. 
Built  near  the  South  street  bridge.  He  set  out 
the  elm  in  front  of  his  dwelling,  1755. 

Seth  Pomeroy,  Jr.  The  oldest  of  Gen.  Seth's  five 
sons.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1753.  Tutor  there, 
1756-7.     Pastorate  at  Greenfield  Hill,  Conn. 

Bildad  Wright. 

Jonathan  Phelps. 

Submit  Judd. 

Catharine  Strong. 

Mary  Alvord. 

Eunice  Clark. 

Sarah  French. 

Experience  Parsons. 

Sarah  Phelps. 

Mary  Hulburd. 
Beulah  Lyman. 
Eleanor  Lyman. 
Miriam  Bartlett. 
Mary  Kingsley. 
Eliza  Strong. 
Hannah  Lyman. 
Eleanor  Burt. 
Hannah  Porter. 
Catharine  Clapp. 
Abigail  Judd. 
Penelope  Strong. 


70  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Miriam  Phelps. 
Mary  Clark. 
Eunice  Brown. 
Eunice  Phelps. 
Elizabeth  Elmer. 
Naomi  Bartlett. 
Hannah  Baker. 
Hannah  Bascom. 

1755. 

Joseph  Stebbins. 

Medad  King. 

Eleazar  King. 

Samuel  Judd,  2d.  Lived  seventy-seven  years  on 
Pleasant  street,  1685-1762.  Followed  there  by 
Samuel,  3d. 

Elijah  Hunt.  House  and  lot  west  of  Miss  Burn- 
ham  place  on  Elm  street.  He  reared  and  edu- 
cated his  sister's  son,  Hon.  Elijah  Hunt  Mills, 
born  in  Chesterfield. 

Joseph  Root. 

Moses  Parsons.  Among  the  removals  to  Durham, 
Conn.,  is  found  the  name  of  Moses  Parsons. 

Elizabeth  Burt. 

Mercy  Clark. 

Esther  Hunt. 

Margaret  Hutchins. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  71 

Catharine  Parsons. 
Mary  Phelps. 
Hannah  Hunt. 

1756. 

Silas  Clark.  Home  lot  above  the  Baptist  meeting 
house.  Succeeded  his  father,  Noah.  Whole 
number  of  Silas  children,  twelve. 

Elijah  Clark.  Born  and  lived  opposite  the  Art 
Gallery.  One  of  the  committee  of  fifteen  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution.  Chosen  deacon  in  1785. 
Three  of  his  sons  were  deacons. 

William   Phelps. 

Thomas  Fairfield. 

Samuel  Fairfield. 

Samuel  Judd. 

Simeon  Alvord. 

Gideon  Lyman. 

Thomas  Allen.  Graduated  at  Harvard  College, 
1762.  First  minister  of  Pittsfield.  On  account 
of  his  valor  at  the  battle  of  Bennington  was 
called  the  "fighting  parson."  Father  of  Presi- 
dent Wm.  Allen,  grandfather  of  Judge  William. 

Mrs.  Nathaniel  Phelps. 

Haunot  Root. 

Elizabeth  Wright. 

Lucy  Alvord. 


72  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Hannah  Clark. 

Thankful  Clark. 

Prudence  Parsons. 

Mrs.  Jonathan  Janes. 

Sarah  Hooker,  of  Springfield,  wife    of    Rev.    John 

Hooker,    the    fourth    minister.       She    was    Col. 

Worthington's  daughter. 
Miriam  Lyman. 
Thankful  Lyman. 
Eunice  Pomeroy. 
Lydia  Phelps. 

1757. 
Obadiah  Clark. 
Aaron  Kingsley. 
Joseph  Lyman. 

Simeon  Clapp,  on  South  street,  practiced  as  a  phy- 
sician. 
Rhoda  Kingsley. 
Mary  Bartlett. 
Sarah  Clapp. 

George  Hodge. 
Jane  Hodge. 
Jerusha  Sheldon. 
Sarah  Allen. 
Martha  Pomeroy. 


1758. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  73 

Freelove  Chilson. 
Mrs.  Elisha  Alvord. 
Lois  Shattuck. 

1759. 

Elnathan  Phelps. 

John  Graves. 

John  Hurlburt. 

Samuel  Phelps. 

Noah  Bridgman  and  William  Judd.  Both  mar- 
ried, 1759,  and  settled  at  North  Farms.  Their 
families  intermarried. 

Catharine  Brown. 

Sarah  Allen. 

Mercy  Bridgman. 

Susanna  Judd. 

1760. 
Joseph  Alvord.     A  weaver,  home  on  Bridge  street. 
Hannah  Parsons. 
Prudence  Stoddard. 
Mary  Hunt. 
Lydia  Clark. 
Lois  Parsons. 


1761. 


Joel  Clark. 
Adino   Pomeroy. 


74  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Paul  King. 

Joel  Parsons. 

Pliny  Pomeroy,  brother   of    William    the    clothier, 

and  father  of  Gaius. 
Jerusha  Burt. 
Martha  Clark. 
Mary  Miller. 
Lois  Pomeroy. 
Jemima  Burt. 
Mary  Burt. 
Lucy  Baker. 
Thankful  Star. 
Experience  Clark. 
Lydia  Cook. 
Mary  Ring. 
Mrs.  Joel  Parsons. 

1762. 
Oliver  Lyman. 
Mr.   Strickland. 
Asahel  Clark. 
Oliver  Burt. 
James  Hulburt. 
Simeon    Strong.     Hawley    street,    where    he    lived 

eighty-five  years,  a  farmer  and  cooper,  father  of 

eleven  children. 
Joseph  Clapp. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  75 

Simeon  Bartlett. 

Elias  Lytnan.  The  second  Elias,  kept  a  public 
house  near  Rock  Ferry,  largely  patronized. 

Elijah  Southwell. 

Asahel  Danks. 

Rufus  Brown. 

Noah  Strong,  Jr. 

Joseph  Fairfield. 

Ezekiel  Bascom. 

Moses  Kingsley.  The  third  of  that  name,  became 
deacon  in  1785.  Moved  to  Chesterfield..  1794. 
His  grand-daughter,  Judith,  married  the  late 
Moses  Breck. 

Joel  Pomeroy. 

Caleb  Pomeroy. 

Daniel  Alexander. 

John  Strong. 

Joel  Strong. 

Phinehas  Allen. 

Jonathan  Stearns. 

Joseph  Clark.  Son  of  the  first  Nathaniel,  a  far- 
mer in  Southampton. 

Elisha  Wright. 

Ebenezer  Strong.  Son  of  Elder  Ebenezer.  Had 
thirteen  children.  His  house  and  barn  stood  on 
the  homestead  of  Gov.  Caleb  Strong. 

Eleanor  Lyman. 


7G  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.  Downing  Warner. 
Jerusha  Brown. 
Mrs.  Asahel  Clark. 
Mrs.  Philip  Clark. 
Lucy  Bartlett. 
Hannah  Searl. 
Rachel  Lyman. 
Miss  Lyman. 
Hannah   Strong. 
Naomi  Bascom. 
Mary  Buck. 
Jerusha  Phelps. 
Sarah  Wright. 
Rebecca  Burt. 
Mary  Kingsley. 
Rachel  Strong. 
Hannah  Strong. 
Elizabeth  Bascom. 
Mrs.  Benjamin  Wright. 
Jemima  Alvord. 
Mary  Brown. 
Jerusha  Clark. 
Rebecca  Miller. 
Miriam  Tufts. 
Hannah  Janes. 
Mary  Rust. 
Ann  Ashley. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  77 

Sarah  Parsons. 
Eglah  Sheldon. 
Sarah  Rust. 
Ruth  Wright. 
Rebecca  Clark. 
Esther  Rust. 
Phebe  Wright. 
Ann  Brown. 
Abigail  Danks. 
Lucy  Bridgman. 
Hannah  Wright. 

1763. 

Jonathan  Hunt.  Built  inside  Prospect,  near  Elm 
street.  Great  grandson  of  the  first  Dea.  Jona- 
than.    Was  chosen   deacon,  1764. 

Eliab  Southwell. 

Jonathan  Warner. 

Samuel  Clapp. 

Elisha  Searl. 

Nathan  Clark. 

Noah  Pixley. 

Solomon  Clark.  Born  1744.  Daniel's  son  on  Elm 
street.  In  his  later  years  styled  Dea.  Solomon. 
Described  as  a  bright,  sunshiny,  emotional  chris- 
tian. 

Ebenezer  Phelps.  The  second  of  a  series  of  Ebe- 
nezers,  who  lived  near  Shady  Lawn. 


78  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Moses  Allen.  Born  on  King  street.  Graduated  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  1772.  Became  a  minister. 
Preached  in  Virginia,  South  Carolina.  A  faith- 
ful preacher,  highly  esteemed. 

Elijah  Parsons.  Son  of  Isaac.  Graduated  at  Yale, 
1768.  Settled  at  East  Haddam,  Ct.,  1772-1827. 
Left  a  tract  of  land  in  Ohio  to  two  Northamp- 
ton nephews. 

Paul  Guilford. 

Benjamin  Edwards. 

Mr.  Kelton. 

John  King. 

Nathaniel  Edwards,  3d.  The  first  at  Koberts 
Meadow,  viz.,  1773.  Had  thirteen  children. 
A  farmer,  inn-keeper,  also    keeper   of   toll   gate. 

Titus  King.  Same  as  Master  King.  Had  many 
droll  ways  as  a  teacher.  His  school  on  School- 
house  Square,  between  Main  and  King  streets, 
was  for  a  time  the   only  public   school   in  town. 

Nathaniel  Day. 

Joel  Bartlett. 

Jonathan  Wait. 

Elisha  Southwell. 

Joseph  Allen,  Jr. 

Samuel  Fairfield. 

John  Parsons.  Commenced  at  Pascomac,  1736, 
lived  there  1736-85.     His   twin   children,    David 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  79 

and    Jonathan,    were     much    attached    to    each 

other. 
Martha  Clark. 
Hannah  Clark. 
Eleanor  Strong. 
Martha  Alexander. 
Abigail  Clark. 
Experience  Clark. 
Esther  Wright, 
Hannah  Birge. 


1764. 


Henry  Burt. 
Thankful  Day. 
Sarah   Alrord. 
Eunice  Lyman. 
Hannah  Pomeroy. 
Naomi  Wright. 
Martha  Wright. 
Mary  Starr. 
Hephzibah  Chilson. 
Mrs.  Nathaniel  Day. 
Esther  Wright. 
Esther  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Titus  King. 
Mehetabel  Parsons. 
Mary  Lyman. 


80  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Martha  Lyman. 
Hannah  Bridgman. 
Mrs.  Jonathan  Strong. 
Phebe   Pomeroy. 
Mrs.  Moses  Bartlett. 
Abigail  Searl. 
Esther  Lyman. 
Eunice  Root. 
Eunice  King. 

1765. 

Elisha  Lyman.  Lived  on  Pleasant  street.  It  be- 
came a  public  house. 

Daniel  Pomeroy.  Same  as  Major  Daniel.  The  red 
tavern  which  stood  where  the  present  Catholic 
Church  stands,  was  associated  with  his  name, 
1755-1805. 

Benjamin  Sheldon. 

Samuel  Munson. 

Jonathan  Allen. 

Mrs.   Benjamin  Sheldon. 

Sarah  Wait. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Phelps. 

Ruth  Phelps. 

Mrs.  Jonathan  Allen. 

Mrs.   Elijah  Hall. 


JOHN  hooker's  MINISTRY.  81 

1766. 
David  Lyman. 
Lemuel  Lyman. 
John  Clark. 
Oliver  Wright. 
Martha  Stoddard. 
Eunice  Cotes. 
Sarah  Small  age. 
Mrs.  John  Clark. 
Mary  Bartlett. 
Elizabeth  Taylor. 
Mrs.  Joel    Wright. 
Mrs.  N.   Langford. 

1767. 
Benjamin  Southwick,  Jr. 

Joel  Hunt.     Brother  of    Elijah.     His    house   stood 
on    Prospect    street  on    the    northeast    corner   of 
Elijah  Hunt's  homestead. 
Sarah  Pomeroy. 
Abigail  Clark. 
Tamar  Danks. 
Lucy  Clapp. 
Mrs.  Elisha  Lyman. 
Mrs.  Elias  Lyman. 
Sybil  Pomeroy. 
Mrs.   Solomon  Ferry. 


82  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

1768. 
Robert    Breck.     From    Springfield.      Graduated     at 

Yale,  1756.     A  lawyer  and    clerk    of   the    Court 

of  Common  Pleas. 
Thomas  Bridgman.     Graduated   at   Harvard,   1762. 

Read  law  in  the  office  of  Major  Hawley.     Began 

practice  in  his  native  place.     Deceased  1771,  age 

thirty-one. 

1769. 

Israel  Rust. 

Joseph  Putney. 

Samuel  Parsons. 

Heman  Pomeroy. 

Esther  Clark. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Putney. 

Esther  Warner. 

Mrs.   Daniel  Elmer. 

John  Hunt.  Graduated  at  Harvard,  1764.  Four 
years  pastor  Old  South  Church,  Boston.  His 
early  death,   1775,  much  lamented. 

Benjamin  Tappan.  A  patriot  of  the  Revolution. 
Acted  on  the  committee  of  fifteen.  Went  with 
others  to  repel  the  invasion  of  Burgoyne  at  Sara- 
toga. Had  eleven  children.  A  remarkable 
family. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  83 

1770. 

Moses  Clark.  Moved  to  Sunderland,  had  fourteen 
children  ;  one  of  the  number  was  Dea.  Israel 
Clark  on  Bridge  street. 

Solomon  Allen.  Attained  the  rank  of  Major  in 
the  Revolutionary  war.  Chosen  deacon  in  1797. 
Entered  the  ministry,  1801,  a  pioneer  missionary 
in  western  New  York.  Four  churches  organized 
as  the  fruit  of  his  labors. 

David    Parsons. 

Jonathan  Parsons.  Home  at  Pascomac.  Baptized 
by  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards.  Married  and  admit- 
ted to  church  by  Rev.  John  Hooker. 

Timothy  Wright. 

Mrs.  Joel  Strong. 

Naomi  Lyman. 

Martha  Wright. 

Abigail  Lyman. 

Jerusha  Rust. 

Mrs.  Simeon  Birge. 

Rhoda  Strong. 

Esther  Wright. 

Mary  Wright. 

Mary  Wright. 

Rachel  Alvord. 

Catharine   Knight. 

Rachel  Burt. 


84  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Lydia  Holton. 

Sarah    Alvord. 

Mindwell  Phelps. 

Mrs.   Samuel  Judd. 

Hannah  Day. 

Sarah  Worthmgton. 

Martin  Clark. 

Jonathan    Strong,    Jr.       Lived    on    South    street. 

Same    as    Ensign    Jonathan.     Tything    man    in 

1767. 
Gideon  Clark,  Jr. 
Benjamin  Pomeroy. 
Daniel    Wright.       Was    postmaster    about    seventy 

years  ago.     Father  of  F.  Hunt  Wright,  a  cashier. 
Elisha  Mather,  a  tanner  on  Hawley  street. 
Azariah  Lyman. 
Eleazar  Wright. 
Moses  Bartlett.     Settled  at  West  Farms. 

1771. 

Dr.  Levi  Shepherd.  Father  of  Thomas,  Levi  and 
Charles.  The  three  sons  built  on  Round  Hill. 
Dr.   Levi  &  Sons  had  a  factory  on  Pleasant  street. 

Theodore  Hopkins. 

Abijah  Lyman. 

Mrs.   Timothy  D wight. 

Lucy  Parsons. 


GOV.    CALEB   STKONG 


DR.    EBENEZER   HUNT. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  85 

Mary  Shepherd. 
Miriam  Bartlett. 
Naomi  Clark. 

1772. 

Thomas  Starr. 

Thomas  Levake. 

Lucius  Knight. 

Gov.  Caleb  Strong.  Graduated  at  Harvard,  1764. 
U.  S.  Senator,  assisted  in  forming  the  Constitu- 
tion of  Massachusetts  and  of  the  United  States. 
Eleven  times  governor.     An  eminent  lawyer. 

Dr.  Ebenezer  Hunt.  Began  practice  before  1770. 
A  druggist  from  1769  to  the  present  century. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Starr. 

Mrs.   Elijah  Lyman. 

Rachel  Bridgman. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Clark. 

1773. 

Mr.  Bullard. 

Joel  Lyman.     A  lieutenant  at  South  Farms.     Lived 

nearly  sixty  years. 
Mrs.  Bullard. 
Hephzibah    Guilford. 
Esther  Hunt. 
Mrs.   Daniel  Alexander. 


86  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Abigail  Alexander. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Edwards. 

1774. 

Phinehas  Parsons.     Lived  on    West    street,    father 

of  Capt.  Samuel  Parsons. 
Herrick  Leonard. 
Elijah  Rust. 
Timothy    Parsons.     Brother    of    Noah,    Jr.     Both 

were  neighbors  on   South   street.     Both   set   out, 

1755,    each   an   elm    tree.     Timothy's    tree   died 

many  years  ago.     Noah's  still  lives. 
Isaac  Parsons.     Home  on    Bridge   street,    1715-98. 

His  descendants  still  occupy  the  place. 
Mrs.  Dr.  Ebenezer  Hunt. 
Mrs.  Jonathan  Lyman. 
Mrs.  Phinehas  Wright. 
Hannah  El  well. 
Mrs.  Enos  Kingsley. 
Rebecca  Clark. 
Martha  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Rhoda  Fowle.     The  Fowles  lived  in  the  brick 

house  on  Pleasant  street. 
Anna  Barnard. 
Ruth  Edwards. 
Mindwell   Parsons. 


JOHN  hooker's  ministry.  87 

1775. 

Nathaniel  Clark.  The  third  of  that  name  on  the 
homestead  in  South  street.  Lived  there  seventy- 
four  years,  till  1823. 

Joseph  Ensign. 

Joel  Hannum. 

Ebenezer  Clark,  3d. 

Israel  Parsons. 

Timothy  Guilford. 

Ebenezer  Stearns. 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Clark. 

Meribah  Miller. 

Mrs.   Ephraim  Wright. 

Mrs.   Benjamin  Tappan. 

Mrs.  Ezra  Clark. 

Mrs.  Josiah  Dickinson. 

1776. 
Amasa  Clapp. 
Stephen  Clark. 
Hezekiah  Porter,  M.  D.      Lived    on    South   street. 

Resided  there  from  1776  until  1820. 
Mrs.  Hezekiah  Porter. 
Mrs.  Amasa  Clapp. 
Mrs.  Stephen   Clark. 
Mrs.  Samuel  Wright. 
Martha  Edwards. 


88  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Lucy  Edwards. 

Mrs.  Amasa   Strong. 

Mrs.  Noah  Janes. 

Mindwell  Lyman. 

Sarah  Hooker.  Daughter  of  Rev.  John  Hooker, 
the  pastor.  She  married,  1777,  Hon.  Caleb 
Strong.  They  were  the  parents  of  Hon.  Lewis 
Strong. 

1777. 

Enos  Wright.  His  son  Ebenezer,  studied  for  the 
ministry  with  Rev.  Dr.  Lyman,  of  Hatfield. 

Elisha  Alvord.  His  home  lot  in  the  center  was 
bought  by  fifty-six  persons  and  given  to  the 
County  as  a  site  for  a  Court  House,  the  remain- 
der to  be  used  for  a  Common  and  for  no  other 
purpose. 

Qnartus  Pomeroy.  Brother  of  Asahel.  A  black- 
smith. Occupied  the  large  mansion  on  Pleasant 
street,  known  as  the  Nonotuck  House.  His 
shop  stood  where  the  first  passenger  depot  on 
the  Conn.  R.  R.  R.  was  built.  Had  ten  chil- 
dren, four  sons  and  six  daughters. 

Jonathan  Clapp. 

Phebe  Clark.  Lived  on  Bridge  street,  a  relative 
of  Job  Clark. 

Elizabeth  Wright.     Wife  of  Dea.  Enos. 


CHAPTER   V. 


Rev.  Solomon    Williams'  Ministry,    1778—1834. 

His  active  ministry  lasted  not  over  forty-five  years, 
1778—1823. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1778. 
Esther  Clapp. 
Lydia  Parsons. 
Naomi  Clark. 
Lydia  Edwards. 
Elizabeth  Allen. 
Eunice  Breck. 
Eunice  Clark. 
Sarah  Wright. 
Mary  Edwards. 

1779. 
Job  Clark.     Homestead  at    the  east  end  of  Bridge 
street.      Had    two    maiden    sisters,    Naomi   and 
Phebe,  who  lived  near. 

(89) 


90  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Josiah  Sheldon. 

Lyman  Clark. 

Sylvanus  Parsons. 

Justin  Clark. 

Reuben  Wright. 

Solomon  Wright. 

Daniel  Edwards.     Home    on    West    street    on   the 

right. 
Samuel    Breck.       Married     177?     Eunice     Allen. 

Father  of   Aaron  and  Moses  Breck. 
Seth  Wright.     Son    of    Ephraim,    a    trader    at  the 

corner    of    King    and   Main    streets.     Moved    to 

Boston,   became   wealthy.     In    1809    bought    the 

place  owned  by  H.   Rose   Hinckley. 
Solomon  Clark. 
Seth  Strong. 
Medad  Strong. 
Simeon  Day.     He  was   deaf,  used  a  trumpet,  lived 

on  North  street. 
Isaac  Clark.     Married    1784     Nancy,    daughter    of 

Ebenezer  Edwards.     In  1809  moved  from  Roberts 

Meadow  to  South  street.     Had  ten  children,  one 

of  them,  Isaac,  the  druggist. 
Irene  Parsons. 
Naomi  Parsons. 
Patty  Wright. 
Mindwell  Parsons. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  91 


Rhoda  Parsons. 
Roxy  Brown. 
Merab  Allen. 
Prudence  Parsons. 
Dorcas  Wright. 
Anna  Parsons. 
Eunice  Lyman. 
Anna  Strong. 
Susanna  Baker. 
Susanna  Wright. 
Phebe  Lyman. 
Salome  Rust. 
Mabel  Strong. 
Lucy  Parsons. 
Esther  Burt. 
Phebe  Clark. 
Rachel  Edwards. 
Cynthia  Wright. 
Eunice  Root. 
Thankful  Strong. 
Abigail  Eliot. 
Penelope  Cook. 
Asenath  Clark. 
Martha  Root. 
Jerusha  Warner. 
Sarah  Parsons. 
Dorcas  Parsons. 


02  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Hannah  Parsons. 
Khoda  Hulbert. 
Elizabeth  King. 
Abigail  Brown. 
Rachel  Parsons. 
Priscilla  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Abiathar  French. 
Mrs.   William  Pomeroy. 
Elizabeth  Strong. 


1780. 


Sarah  Wright. 
Hannah  Lyman. 
Mrs.   Elisha  Brown. 
Mrs.   Ebenezer  Clapp,  Jr. 
Phebe  Phelps. 
Abigail  Phelps. 
Mrs.   Bela  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Jonathan  Bartlett. 
Heziah  Allen. 
Anna  Wright. 


1782. 


Medad  Alvord.  Residence  on  Bridge  street,  on 
left  hand  going  towards  the  Bridge.  Married 
Sarah  Baker  ;  for  his  second  wife  widow  Betsey 
Partridge. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  iK) 

Eleazar  Hulbert.  The  Hulberts  started  the  oil, 
grist,  and  saw  mills  at  Florence,  afterwards 
owned  by  Josiah  White. 

Jonathan  Davis. 

Hugh  Hutchens. 

Moses  Wright.  His  home  was  on  Bridge  street 
on  the  left. 

Sophia  Pomeroy. 

Mrs.   Luke  Lyman. 

Mrs.  Abner  Baker. 

Sarah  Baker. 

Mrs.   Daniel  Strong. 

Eleanor  Hurlburt. 

Priscilla  Miller. 

Abigail  Clapp. 

Mary  Wright. 

1784. 

Elijah  Bartlett.     Settled  at  West  Farms. 

Solomon  Ferry. 

Jerusha  Lyman. 

Jerusha  Clark. 

Mary  Clark. 

Roxana  Wright. 

Ruth  Crossett. 


94  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

1785. 

Eli  Clark.  Second  son  of  Dea.  Elijah.  Moved 
to  Skaneateles,  N.  Y.,  1801,  then  almost  a 
wilderness.     Has  descendants  in  the  place. 

Nathaniel  Edwards.  The  second  Nathaniel  on 
South  street,  who  went  by  the  name  of  Master 
Edwards.  He  devoted  part  of  his  leisure  instruct- 
ing the  girls  of  his  neighborhood  in  the  ordi- 
nary school  branches. 

Israel  Bridgman. 

Medad,  a  colored  man. 

Sarah  Wright. 

Elizabeth  Pomeroy. 

Mrs.   Nathaniel  Edwards. 

Mrs.  Job  Strong. 

1786. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Cook,  Jr.     One  of  that  name 

kept  the  jail  on  Pleasant  street  in  178G. 
Maria  Alvord. 
Sarah  Clapp. 
Nabby  Baker. 
Abigail  Phelps. 


1787. 


Bela  Strong. 
Erastus  Bridgman. 


Solomon  Williams'  ministry.  95 

Samuel  Hinckley.  Native  of  Brookfield.  Gradu- 
ated at  Yale  1781.  Register  of  Probate  twenty- 
nine    years,    Judge    of   Probate  seventeen  years. 

Home  and  office  on  Pleasant  street. 

Mrs.   Samuel  Hinckley. 

Nancy  Clark. 

Hannah   Parsons. 

Mrs.   Silas  Brown. 

Esther  Wright. 

Patty  Lyman. 

1788. 

Charles  Starkweather.  Came  in  1787.  His  pew 
was  near  the  pulpit.  When  the  choir  rose  to 
sing,  he  also  rose,  faced  the  singers,  the  only 
one  who  did  so  except  the  venerable  Asahel 
Pomeroy. 

Asahel  Wright. 

Hezekiah  Reed. 

Lydia  Cook. 

Mrs.   Charles  Starkweather. 

1789. 

Medad  King. 

Aaron  Cook,  Jr.  The  son  of  Dea.  Aaron  and 
brother  of  the  late  Enos  Cook. 


96  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Luther  Clark.  Fourth  child  of  Dea.  Elijah.  Lived 
eighty-eight  years  on  Elm  street ;  built  1795 
the  gambrel  roof  house  opposite  the  Art  Gallery. 
Held  the  office  of  deacon  fifty  years.  Father  of 
six  sons  and  three  daughters. 

Abner  Hunt.  Father  of  Thomas  Merrick  and 
Theodocia  Hunt,  wife  of  Silas  M.  Smith,  also 
other  children. 

Jacob  Clark. 

Calvin  Clark.  The  fifth  of  Deacon  Elijah's  seven 
sons.  Married  1792  Lucy  Parsons. '  That  year 
started  his  home  six  miles  out,  at  Rail  Hill, 
beyond  Leeds.  Attained  the  age  of  92.  The 
4th  generation  continue  on  the  place. 

Enan  Clark. 

Justin  Parsons. 

Simeon  Parsons,  Jr.  His  homestead  included  the 
corner  on  which  John  Clarke  the  banker  lived, 
now  occupied  by  the  Norwood  House. 

Joseph  King. 

Alpha  Hurlburt. 

Jacob  Sprague. 

Luke  Day.  A  neighbor  at  Rail  Hill  of  Calvin 
Clark.     Lived  one  mile  nearer  the  center. 

Thomas  Day. 

Ebenezer  Brown. 

Oliver  Strong. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  97 

David  S.  Whitney.  Came  when  a  boy  to  North- 
ampton, 1789.  Employed  by  the  Shepherds. 
Formed  partnership  in  1809  with  Benjamin 
Tappan.     Chosen  deacon  in  1831. 

Elisha  Lyman,  Jr.  Born  on  Pleasant  street.  Lived 
in  Conway  and  elsewhere.  Much  esteemed  by 
all  who  knew  him. 

Ammah  Strong. 

Elam  Plumley. 

Josiah  Parsons.  Married  1791,  father  of  twelve 
children,  one  of  them,  Josiah,  Jr.,  still  living 
on  Bridge  street.  His  son,  Isaac  Lewis,  was 
drowned  July  29th,   1820.     Six  years  old. 

Thomas  Bridgman.     A  tanner  on  Hawley  street. 

Medad  Lyman. 

1790. 

Roswell  Pomeroy. 
Royal  Lashet. 
Samuel  Hodge. 
Henry  Higgins. 
Isaac  Adams. 
Supply  Clapp. 
Jonathan  Miller. 
Joel  Burt. 
Jacob  Miller. 

Stephen  Strong. 

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98  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Joseph  Warner.  Son  of  Daniel.  He  married  Je- 
rusha,  daughter  of  Noah  Edwards.  Had  four- 
teen children.  He  was  the  first  of  several  Joseph 
Warner's. 

Samuel  Henshaw.  Born  in  Eastern  part  of  the 
state.  Graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1773. 
Failure  of  voice  compelled  him  to  leave  the 
ministry  for  the  legal  profession.  Came  to 
Northampton  in  1788.  Appointed  in  1797  Judge 
of  Probate,  afterwards  Judge  of  Common  Pleas. 
His  son,  John  Hunt  Henshaw,  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  of  Hampshire  County. 

Mercy  Parsons. 

Asenath  Bartlett. 

Elizabeth  Phelps. 

Hannah  Bartlett. 

Mrs.   Phinehas  Parsons. 

Mrs.   Lewis  Smith. 

Mary  Bartlett. 

Mindwell  White. 

Mrs.   Thomas  Clapp. 

Mrs.  Supply  Clapp. 

Mrs.  Jonathan  Miller. 

Mrs.   Moses  Legg. 

Irene  Parsons. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  99 

1791. 
Deborah  Pratt. 
Lydia  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Moses  Kingsley. 
Mrs.  Seth  Phelps. 
Mary  Sheldon. 
Betty  Taylor. 

1792. 
Andrew  Phelps. 
Widow  Mary  Strong. 
Mary  Yemons. 
Phebe  Blackman. 
Mrs.  Stephen  Strong. 
Widow  Martha  Clark. 
Martha  Barnard. 
Mrs.  Mary  Edwards. 
Her  niece,  Miss  Bartlett. 
Elizabeth  Bartlett. 
Lucretia  Lyman. 
Mrs.    Nabby  French. 
Esther  Parsons. 

1793. 

Nathaniel  Phelps.  The  fifth  of  that  name,  an 
innkeeper  on  South  street,  a  blacksmith,  used  a 
trumpet  in  church  to  assist  his  hearing. 


100  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Warham  Parsons.  His  two  sons,  Thaddeus  and 
Elihu,  settled,  1797,  in  Skaneateles,  N.  Y.  In 
his  later  years  sold  to  Elisha  Graves  and  followed 
his  sons  to  Western  New  York. 

Daniel  Rust. 

Ethan  Marshall. 

Catharine  Parsons. 

Sally  Jypsen. 

Mrs.   Bohan  Clapp. 

Mrs.   David  Wright. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Ring. 

Mrs.  Levi  Upson. 

Mrs.  Abigail  Hitchcock. 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Kingsley. 

Mrs.   William  Rust. 

Mrs.  Calvin  Clark. 

Emma  Clark. 

1794. 

Rufus  Phelps. 

Jabez  Denison. 

Jonas  Clark.  Home  near  the  bridge  on  Bridge 
street.  Keeper  of  toll  gate,  several  times  chosen 
selectman,  grandfather  of  Jonas  M.  Clark,  Super- 
intendent of  Water  Works. 

Mrs.  David  Turner. 

Mrs.   Hezekiah  Parsons,  Jr. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  101 

1795. 
Lemuel     Clark.        Born     17G4,     married    Lucretia 

Graves,  1794.      Received    his    father's    estate   on 

South  street. 
Mrs.   Solomon  Allen. 
Mrs.   Daniel  Mather. 
Mrs.   Azariah  Clapp. 
Mrs.   Lemuel  Clark. 
Mrs.   Benjamin  Southwick. 
Phebe  Arnold. 
Mrs.   Hewitt  Strong. 
Mrs.   Warham  Clapp. 
Widow  Sarah  Butler. 
Mrs.  Molly  Bartlett. 
Mrs.   Elisha  . 

1796. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Henshaw. 

Mrs.   Seth  Carson. 

Mrs.  William  Butler.  Wife  of  first  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Hampshire  Gazette. 

Lucy  Tappan. 

Mrs.  Gideon  Carson. 

Widow  Brackett. 

Elias  Mann.  Home  on  Pleasant  street,  a  music 
teacher,  styled  Master  Mann. 

Mrs.  Elias  Mann. 

Rachel  Clark. 


102  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

1797. 

Rhoda  Bridgman. 

Mrs.   Benjamin  Clark. 

Mrs.  Eleanor  Clark. 

Jemima  Baker. 

John  Billiard. 

Hannah  Bullard. 

Almey  Hewitt. 

Azarina  Root. 

Experience  Smith.  Wife  of  Justin  Smith,  Sr.,  and 
mother  of  Mrs.  Mary  Tenney. 

Bancroft  Fowler.  A  native  of  Pittsfield,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Yale,  minister  at  Northfield,  professor  in 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary. 

Benjamin  Bartlett. 

Azarina   Root. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Root. 

Mrs.  Thaddeus  Parsons. 

Mrs.  Julius  Barnard. 

1798. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Phelps. 

Mrs.    William    Edwards,    daughter    of     Benjamin 

Tappan.     Her  husband  and  her  sons  were  eminent 

business  men. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  103 

1799. 

Mrs.  Moses  Bartlett. 
Hannah  Miller. 
Mrs.  David  Nash. 
Mrs.  William  Stockwell. 
Esther  Pomeroy. 
Anna  Sackett. 

1800. 

Dorcas  Sheldon. 
Lydia  Lyman. 
Mrs.  Smith  Copeland. 
Mrs.   Eunice  Strong. 
Thankful  Smith. 
Mrs.   William  Bliss. 
Eunice 

Rachel  Phelps. 
Polly  Little. 
Mrs.  Joel  Strong. 
Mrs.  Phinehas  Allen. 

Mrs.  Simeon  Butler.     Wife  of  the  first  Northamp- 
ton bookseller. 
Mrs.  Oliver  Pomeroy. 
Mrs.  John  King,  Jr. 
Rachel  King. 


104  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Jonathan  Strong,  Jr.  Married,  1799,  Eunice  Clark. 
Lived  farther  end  of  South  street.  Two  unmar- 
ried brothers,  Asahel  and  Samuel,  very  tall  men, 
lived  near. 

Enos  Clark.  The  youngest  of  Dea.  Elijah's  eight 
children.  Chosen  deacon  in  1818.  At  the  for- 
mation of  the  Edwards  Church,  1832,  received 
the  same  appointment.  Held  the  office  till  his 
death,  1864.  Rev.  T.  J.  Clark,  now  of  North- 
field,  was  his  son. 

William  Carson. 

Lydia  Patterson. 

Mrs.  John  Clapp. 

Mrs.  Enos  Clark. 

Beulah  Allen.  Married  William  Clark,  of  Utica, 
N.  Y.  A  daughter  married  Rev.  Ansel  Eddy, 
of  Newark,  N.  J. 

1801. 
Abigail  Clark. 
Mrs.  Justus  Parsons.     Her  home  was  near  the  South 

Street  bridge. 
Sally  Gould. 
Esther  Cook. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Mather. 
Mrs.   Rebecca  Kingsley. 
Mrs.  Asenath  Baker. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  105 

Rachel  Kingsley. 

Mrs.  Nathaniel  Edwards,  2d. 

Luther  Alvord. 

Mrs.   Eunice  Alvord. 

Mrs.  Fanny  Allen.  She  married  Phinehas  Allen 
of  Pittsfield,  bookseller,  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  Pittsfield  Sun.  The  parents  of  Rev.  Samuel 
and  Phinehas  Allen,  Jr.,  editor  and  postmaster 
of  Pittsfield. 


1802. 


Mrs.  Wealthy  Wright. 
Elizabeth  Chapman. 

Channing. 
Mrs.  Gideon  Edwards. 
Mrs.  Eunice  Bateman. 
Mrs.   Levi    Strong. 
Mrs.  Elihu  Clapp. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Strong. 
Mrs.  Moses  Steel. 
Mrs.  Aaron  Wright. 
Mrs.  Moses  Clapp. 
Mrs.  Timothy  Parsons. 
Jerusha  Parsons. 
Mrs.  William  Mather. 
Stephen  Parsons. 


106  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Julius  Phelps.  Capt.  Northampton  Artillery. 
Moved  to  the  Warner  district,  1815.  Place  now 
occupied  by  his  son  Julius. 

Increase  Clark.  Sixth  son  of  Dea.  Elijah.  Home- 
stead opposite  Dea.    Jared    Clark's,    Elm  street. 

Justin  Smith.  Father  of  Alvah,  Theodore,  Justin, 
Jr.,  and  several  daughters. 

Francis  Pomeroy. 

Samuel  Phelps.  His  house  stood  on  Prospect  street 
where  Mr.  Trumbull  lives.  He  had  the  name  of 
being  honest.  When  the  public  house  in  the 
center  was  burnt,  1792,  he  with  others  assisted 
in  clearing  the  house.  He  found  the  money 
deposit,  took  care  of  it,  giving  it  in  due  time 
to  the  owner,  who  said,  "  If  it  had  not  been  for 
honest  Samuel  Phelps,  I  should  have  lost  all  my 
money." 

Erastus  Clark.  An  inn-keeper,  near  President 
Seelye's.  In  1807,  sold  to  Major  Erastus  Lyman 
and  went  west.  Lived  into  the  middle  of  this 
century. 

Joseph  Bridgeman. 
Bilhah. 

Mrs.  Medad  Clark. 

1803. 
Rachel  Breck. 
Widow  Holt. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  107 

Miss  Holt. 

Bela   Amsden. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Joseph  Clark. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Dole. 

1804. 

Nancy    Bolter,    wife    of    William    Bolter,    harness 

maker. 
Mrs.  James  Dunham. 
Mrs.   Daniel  King. 
Mrs.  Asahel   Phelps. 
Mrs.  Seth  Wright. 
Thankful  Clapp. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Parsons. 
Mrs.   Phinehas  Rust. 
Justus  Clark. 
Dea.  Israel  Clark. 
Mrs.  Israel  Clark. 
William  Phelps. 


1805. 


Mrs.  David  Clark. 
Martha  Clark. 
Mrs.  Joel  Clark. 
Mrs.  Olive  Wright. 
Mrs.  Thankful  Webb. 
Mrs.  Heman  Pomeroy. 


108  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

1806. 

Enos  Cook.  A  miller  at  the  upper  mill,  father  of 
Horace,  Rev.  Theodore,  Aaron,  Mrs.  Elihu  Clark 
on  Elm  street. 

Mrs.  Enos  Cook. 

Deborah  Ramsdell. 

Mary  Pomeroy. 

Mrs.  Merrick  Pomeroy.  Her  husband  was  a  prin- 
ter ;  his  shop  was  in  the  old  Tontine  building ; 
His  home  was  on  South  street.  Dec.  1,  1805, 
his  child  was  burnt. 

Mrs.  Elihu  Clark.  Her  husband  was  the  second 
Elihu.  Three  Elihu  Clarks  of  different  genera- 
tions were  born  near  Smith  College. 

Anne  Kingsley. 

Marilla  Searl. 

Mrs.  Asahel  Wright. 

Mrs.   Lydia  Hodge. 

Ursula  Wright. 

Electa  S.   Lyman. 

Elizabeth  Wright. 

Achsa  Clark. 

Anne  Wright. 

Widow  Mary  Wallace. 

Mrs.  Sylvester  Lyman. 

Eleanor  Clapp. 

Esther  Clark. 


SOLOMON    WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  100 

Elizabeth  Wright. 

Mary  Williams.     Daughter   of    Rev.    Solomon,  the 
pastor,  a  lady  of  great  excellence,  much  beloved 
by  the  people,  extensively   useful,    large   hearted 
and  benevolent.     Sister  of  Hon.    Eliphalet   Wil- 
liams. 
Spencer  Parsons.     Recently  deceased  at  Pine  Grove. 
Benjamin  Parsons,  Jr. 
Louisa  Reed. 
Betsey  Ludden. 
Michael  Graves. 
Pamela  Graves. 
Aaron  Searl. 
John  Little. 
Erastus  Parsons. 
Lydia  Boles. 
Susan  Lyman. 
Abigail  Lyman. 
Timothy  Phelps   Shepherd. 
James  Williams.     Son  of  Rev.  Solomon. 
Asahel    Pomeroy.      Col.    Seth's   youngest    son.     In 
1786,  kept  the  principal  public    house    in    town. 
Very  extensively  known.     Says  one,    "I  remem- 
ber well  his  stately  form,  standing    in    his   pew, 
facing  the  choir,  his  back  to  the  pulpit,  his  pon- 
derous watch  seals  hanging  from  his  vest." 


110  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Elisha  Parsons,     Lived  in  the  upper  part   of  King 

street.     Father  of  Esquire  Enos. 
Noah  Strong. 
Calvin   Smith. 
Samuel  Bosworth. 
David  B.  Spencer. 
Alvah  Judd,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Nathaniel  Clark. 
Spencer  Clapp. 
Mrs.  Spencer  Clapp. 
Electa  Bridgman. 
Julia  Edwards. 
Sarah  Warner. 
Mindwell  Strong. 
Mary  Alexander. 
Sally  Miller. 
Margaret  Dwight. 
Eliza  Tappan. 
Sophia  Brown. 
Laura  Hunt. 
Chester  Clark. 
Wainwright  Breck.     Deceased  1811,  at  the  age   of 

twenty-one.     Brother  of  Aaron  and  Moses. 
Nabby  Everett. 
Eleanor  Wright. 
Sarah  Clark. 
Betsey  Dotey. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  Ill 

Elizabeth  Steel. 

Mrs.  Aaron  Clapp. 

Ebenezer  S.  Phelps.  Chosen  deacon,  1816.  With 
others  left  Northampton,  1831,  and  settled  in 
Princeton,  Illinois.     Attained  age  of   eighty-five. 

Levi  Strong.  A  farmer  and  cooper  on  Hawley 
street.  A  leading  tenor  singer  in  the  First 
Church  choir. 

Mrs.  Gershom  Clark. 

Phebe  Hurlburt. 

Susanna  Warner. 

Mary  Clark. 

Elizabeth  B.   Pomeroy. 

Mrs.  Jacob  Miller. 

Miriam  Wright,  a  member  of  the  First  Church 
choir. 

Nancy  Parsons. 

Rachel  Parsons. 

Dorothy  Parsons. 

Experience  Strong. 

Aurelia  Tappan. 

Jerusha  Warner. 

Sally  House. 

Harriet  Mills.  Wife  of  Senator  Mills.  Their 
daughter  Helen,  married  Judge  C.  P.  Hunting- 
ton. Sally  Mills  married  Prof.  Benjamin  Pierce. 
Mrs.  Mills  lived  to  be  over  ninety. 


112  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Jane  K.    Welch.     A    Boston    lady,    lived   much   in 

Senator  Mills'  family. 
Ashur  Shepherd.     Home  in  the  Warner  district. 
Samuel  Kentfield. 

John  Miller.     Lived  at  West  Farms. 
Lydia  M.   Elkey,  a  colored  woman. 
Charlotte  Jane,  a  colored  woman. 

1807. 

Seth  Clark  and  wife. 

Mrs.  Seth  Pomeroy. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Gardner. 

Amasa  Strong. 

Sally  Strong. 

Nancy  Whitney. 

Dolly  Edwards. 

Josiah  Clark.  Son  of  Dea.  Isaac.  Graduated  at 
Williams  College,  1809.  Principal  of  Leicester 
Academy,  1809-18.  Pastor  at  Rutland  twenty- 
seven  years.     Always  an  acceptable  preacher. 

Enos  Wright,  Jr. 

Timothy  Wright. 

John  Smith. 

Ansel  Clapp. 

Sophia  Clapp. 

Anne  Parsons. 

Thomas  Warner. 

William  Field. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS*   MINISTRY.  113 

Joseph 

Harvey  Frink,  M.  D.  Built  and  occupied  the 
large  brick  house  on  King  street,  owned  for  over 
fifty  years  by  President  Allen  and  family. 

Mrs.  Frink. 

Esther  Pratt. 

Fanny  Rust. 

Mrs.   Ruth  Hamilton. 

Mrs.  Abner  Lyman,  Jr. 

Lydia  Kingsley. 

Sally  Colson. 

Charlotte  Davis. 

Lill,  a  colored  woman. 

Alexander  M. 

Spencer  Clark.  Keeper  of  the  toll  gate  at  the  east 
end  of  Bridge  street. 

Susanna  Bliss. 

Calvin  Wolcott. 

Betsey  Pomeroy.  Daughter  of  Gains.  She  mar- 
ried, 1807,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Wright.  They  were 
the  parents  of  William  K.   Wright. 

1808. 

Jonathan    H.     Lyman.      Born    in    Hatfield,     1783. 

Graduated  at  Yale,  1802.     Studied    law  in    New 

Haven.       Began    practice    in    his    native    town. 

Moved  to  Northampton,  1808.     A  member  of  the 


114  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Legislature  in  the  House  and  the  Senate.  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Court  of  Sessions,  1825.  Also, 
County  Attorney.  Married,  1808,  Sophia,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Hinckley.  Number  of  their  chil- 
dren, thirteen.  Four  were  graduates.  In  town 
meetings  an  eminent  presiding  officer. 

Rebecca  Barnard. 

Bilhah,  a  negress. 

Paul  Wright  and  wife. 

Mrs.   Luther  Strong. 

Sally  Evarts. 

Martha  Parsons. 

Asenath  Edwards.  Daughter  of  Nathaniel  Ed- 
wards, 3d,  at  Roberts  Meadow.  She  married 
Rev.  Josiah  Clark,  teacher  at  Leicester  and  pas- 
tor at  Rutland. 

William  Bliss.  A  carpenter  on  South  street.  Has 
a  son  in  business  in  Troy,  another  in  Philadel- 
phia, another  in  New  York  a  banker,  Morton, 
Bliss  &  Co. 

Mrs.  Cecil  Dwight. 

Esther  Strong. 

Elisha  Graves.  His  dwelling  on  Market,  near 
Bridge  street,  fitted  up  early  as  a  fort,  was  one  of 
the  most  ancient  houses  in  Northampton. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  115 

1809. 

Polly  Graves. 

Eleanor  Whitney. 

Mrs.   Sarah  Wright. 

Mrs.  John  Breck.  Her  husband,  a  trader,  was  the 
first  postmaster  in  Northampton. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Hinckley. 

Roxana  Starkweather. 

Joseph  Lyman.  Son  of  Capt.  Joseph.  Graduated 
at  Yale,  1783.  Admitted  to  the  bar  1787. 
Clerk  of  the  Courts,  Judge  of  Common  Pleas, 
and  Probate.  President  of  the  old  Hampshire 
Bank,  High  Sheriff.  Father  of  Judge  Samuel 
F.   Lyman. 

Theodore  Lyman.  The  sixth  and  last  occupant  of 
the  Richard  Lyman  homestead  on  Pleasant 
street.  Sold  and  moved  to  Amherst,  1828. 
Father  of  Henry,  the  martyr  missionary. 

Mrs.  Theodore  Lyman. 

1810. 
Thomas  Wright.     Home  on  Bridge  street.     Moved 

to  Tecumseh,  Michigan. 
Irene   Wright. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.    Ralph  Payson. 
Mrs.    Isaac    C.     Bates.      Daughter   of    Judge   and 

Madam  Henshaw. 


116  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Julia  Strong. 

Mrs.  Martha  Strong. 

Mrs.    Jonathan    H.    Lyman.      Daughter    of    Judge 

Hinckley. 
Mrs.  Uriel  Sikes. 
Electa  Roberts. 
Lucretia  Allen. 
Mrs.  Isaac  Gere. 
Lucy  Knight. 

1811. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eliphaz  Burt. 

Mrs.   Daniel  Stockwell. 

Mrs.  Lewis  Strong.  She  was  Maria  Chester  of 
Wethersfield,  Conn.  Whole  number  of  their 
children,  ten,  five  sons  and  five  daughters.  All 
the  sons  received  a  public  education.  Two  of 
the  sons,  Edward,  M.  D.,  and  Rev.  Stephen 
Chester,  live  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state. 

Mrs.  Clemence  Patterson. 

Mrs.   Harvey  Tillotson. 

Mr.   and  Mrs.  John  Danks. 

Mrs.   Daniel  Clark. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.   Isaac   Webster.     • 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Hunt,  Jr.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Madam  Henshaw.  Her  husband  graduated  at 
Harvard,   1795.     For   nearly  forty   years  a   drug- 


FOURTH   MEETING    HOUSE — ERECTED    1811-12. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  117 

gist.  A  member  of  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion, 1820-21.  His  house  stood  on  the  site  now 
occupied  by  the  City  Hall.  His  successor  as 
druggist  was  Winthrop  Hillyer. 

Elizabeth  Davies. 

Ruth  Edwards. 

1812. 

Lewis  Strong.  Graduated  at  Harvard,  1803.  For 
thirty  years  a  lawyer  of  great  ability.  A  trustee 
of  Amherst  College.  For  many  years  deacon  of 
First  Church,  universally  esteemed. 

Daniel  Stebbins.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1788.  Came 
to  Northampton,  1806.  Lived  on  Bridge  street 
fifty  years.  County  Treasurer  thirty-five  years. 
Attained  the  age  of  ninety.  As  a  citizen,  a  pub- 
lic officer,  a  member  of  the  church,  held  in  high 
esteem. 

Clarissa  Stebbins. 

Abigail  Graves. 

Mrs.   Warham  Judd. 

Miriam  Wright. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonathan  Parsons.  The  second  of 
that  name  at  Pascomac,  born  1784,  continued 
there  till  1841.  Mrs.  H.  A.  Collins,  a  daughter, 
resided  at  Smiths  Ferry,  recently  deceased. 

Mrs.  Reuben  Smith. 


118  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.   Elijah  Allen,  Jr. 

Ebenezer  S.   Phelps. 

Anna  Phelps. 

Cecil  Jewett.  The  oldest  of  the  four  sons  of  Tim- 
othy, located  at  the  westerly  end  of  Blackpole, 
now  North  Prospect  street. 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Kingsley. 

Seth  Pomeroy.  Built  the  brick  house  on  Pleasant 
street.  Son  of  Quartus.  His  son  George,  a  pub- 
lic spirited  man,  was  the  first  to  start  the  ex- 
press business  west  of  Albany. 

Samuel  Clarke,  Jr.  Brother  of  John,  Christopher, 
Edward  who  built  on  Round  Hill,  Richard  who 
settled  in  Chesterfield.  The  above,  Samuel 
Jr.,  traded  for  several  years  in  Northampton. 
When  beyond  middle  life,  closed  his  business, 
turned  his  attention  to  the  ministry.  Resided 
in  Maine,  preached  only  a  short  time.  Spent 
his  last  days  with  his  children  at  the   west. 

1813. 
Lorane  Redford. 
Mrs.  Asahel  Pomeroy. 
Mrs.  Polly  Crossett. 

1814. 
Nancy  P.  Russell. 
Electa  Russell. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  119 

Sally  Judd. 

Mrs.   Ann  Clark. 

Ralph  Snow.  A  dry  goods  trader  for  many  years 
on  Shop  Row.  Father  of  Lorenzo,  George,  Al- 
bert, and  several  daughters.  Home  on  Hawlev 
street. 

Theodosia  Snow. 

1815. 

William  Edwards.  Styled  Col.  Edwards,  grandson 
of  the  distinguished  Rev.  Jonathan.  Smith  Col- 
lege stands  where  he  lived.  Prof.  Park,  of  An- 
dover,  married  his  daughter.  Henry  and  Ogden 
were  his  sons.     By  occupation  a  tanner. 

Thomas  Lyman.  A  farmer,  house  on  Bridge 
street. 

Dolly   Lyman. 

Electa  Stebbins. 

Fanny  P.  Ayres. 

Mary  Parsons. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Flint, 

Robert  Peckham. 

Ruth  Peckham. 


1816. 


Ruth  Smith. 
Sarah  Parsons. 


120  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Polly  Pomeroy.  Daughter  of  Asahel,  a  prominent 
alto  singer  in  the  large  choir  of  the  First  Church. 

Mrs.  Eli  Ashman.  She  was  Lucy,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Hooker,  and  mother  of 
two  sons  much  celebrated,  viz.,  John  Hooker 
Ashman,  professor  of  law  at  Harvard,  and  George 
Ashman,    a    statesman    and    lawyer,  Springfield. 

Samuel  Peckham.  Became  a  minister,  preached  in 
South  Royalston. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Clark. 

Zeruiah  Clark. 

Asenath  Wilder. 

Fidelia  Strong. 

Mrs.  Jonas  Clapp. 

Clarissa  Lyman.  Daughter  of  Esq.  Levi.  She 
married,  1822,  Rev.  William  Richards,  mission- 
ary to  Sandwich  Islands.  Whole  number  of  their 
children,  eight.  Her  sister  Elizabeth  married 
George  A.,  oldest  son  of  Dea.  Luther  Clark. 

Harriet    Parsons.       Daughter    of     the    3d    Moses. 

« Married  for  her  first   husband    a   Mr.    Munn   of 

Greenfield.     Her    second  husband,    Rev.    Joseph 

Knight,  preached  eighteen  years    in    Peru.     She 

attained  her  eighty-eighth  year. 

Sally  Starkweather.  She  married  Rev.  James  San- 
ford,  uncle  of  Hon.  John  E.,  Speaker  of  Mass. 
House  of  Representatives. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  121 

Sarah  Williams. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gleason. 

Sally  Maminash.     The  last  of  the    Indian    race   in 

Northampton;  long  and  tenderly  cared  for,  under 

the  infirmities  of  age,  by   Mrs.    Warham    Clapp, 

and  her  son  Edward  and  his  wife. 
Olive  Tanner. 
Mrs.  Jane  Gere. 
Widow  Burt. 
Mrs.  Thankful  Taylor. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zenas  Wright,    the    parents   of  Kev. 

E.  M.  Wright. 
Jason  Strong  and  his  wife. 
Luther  Davis  and  wife. 
David  Sparks. 
Mrs.  Sparks. 
Mrs.  David  Edwards. 
Mary  B.  Patterson. 
Lucy  Clapp. 
Luisa  Ann  Clapp. 
Sophia  Clapp. 
Dorcas  Clapp. 
Martha  Clapp. 
Betsey  Clapp. 
Fanny  Clapp. 
Lucy  Miller. 
Elijah  Day  and  wife. 


122  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Eliza. 

Fanny  Hunt. 

Sophia  Pomeroy. 

Abigail  Phelps. 

Clarissa  Phelps. 

Elizabeth  Parsons. 

Asenath  Sanford. 

Dennis  Porter. 

George  Strong. 

George  Bridgman.  Succeeded  Col.  Edwards  in  tan- 
ning business.     Moved  to  Canada. 

Moses  Breck.     An  active  temperance  worker. 

Pliny  Dickinson. 

George  Strong. 

Lucy  Clark. 

Clarissa  Rogers,  daughter  of  Dr.   Rogers. 

Cordelia  Snow. 

Anna  Wright. 

Mary,  a  colored  woman. 

Asahel  Lyman.  Lived  near  Rock  Ferry.  Left  for 
missionary  objects  from  twenty  to  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars. 

Mrs.  Asahel  Lyman. 

Sally  Noble. 

Lois  Kingsbury. 

Esther  Dickinson. 

Anna  French. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'    MINISTRY.  123 

Belinda  Dickinson.  The  wife  of  Zenas  Clapp  on 
South  street,  and  the  mother  of  Rev.  William 
D.,  remembered  for  his  superior  pulpit  talents 
and  preaching  abilities. 

Sarah  Warner. 

Sally  Clark. 

Sally  Clapp. 

Dolly  Allen. 

Widow  Thankful  Sikes. 

Reuben  Colton. 

Mrs.  William  Clapp. 

1817. 

John  Graves. 
Mrs.  Graves. 
Sarah  Stebbins. 
Elizabeth  Gardner. 
Mrs.   William  Gardner. 
Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Clark. 
Mrs.  Nancy  Clapp. 
Abigail  Clark. 
Dolly  Clark. 
Mrs.  James  Sanford. 
Mary  Warner. 
Mary  Hunt. 


124  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Theodore  Rust.  United  with  the  First  Church 
seventy-four  years  ago,  a  remarkable  instance  of 
longevity.  Continued  till  recently  among  the 
business  men  of  the  community.  Recently  de- 
deceased. 

Mrs.  John  Sanford. 

1818. 

William  Clark.  The  third  on  Elm  street,  above 
the  Jewett  place.  Born  1794.  A  farmer,  owned 
the  paper  mill.  Father  of  William,  Lucius, 
Fred. 

Louise  Whitney. 

Pamela  Wright. 

Mary  Wright. 

Chauncey  Clark.  A  member  for  several  years  of 
the  Legislature  in  the  House,  twice  a  State 
Senator.     Held  an  office  in  Custom  House. 

Hiram  Ames. 

Major  Josiah  Dwight.  Graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege 1786.  Clerk  of  the  Courts,  Treasurer  of 
Massachusetts.  His  family  numbered  seventeen 
children. 

Mrs.  Dwight,  styled  Madam  Dwight,  tall,  hand- 
somely formed,  genial,  sympathizing,  highly 
esteemed. 

Mrs.  Elihu  Pomeroy.  Her  husband  was  a  cooper 
next  west  of  Dea.  Luther  Clark's  on  Elm  street. 


ISAAC    C.    BATES. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  125 

Rhoda  Clark. 

Eunice  Clark. 

Theresa   Henshaw,    Eliza    Henshaw,    daughters    of 

Judge  Henshaw. 
Mrs.  Betsey  Town. 

1819. 
Jane  Shepherd. 
Lydia  Clark. 
Eli  P.    Ashman.     Received    honorary    A.  M.    from 

Middlebury  College,    1807,    and    the   same   from 

Harvard,  1809.     Chosen  U.  S.  senator,  1816. 
Bohan  Clark.     Owned    the    lower    mill,    father    of 

Enoch  W.,  Bohan  Jr.,  Joseph    and    Luther,  the 

last  a  banker  in  New  York. 
Mrs.  Mary  Clark. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Hooker. 
William  Warner. 
Juliette  Warner. 
Isaac  C.   Bates.     Graduated  at  Yale  College,   1802. 

A  member  of  Congress,    also   of   the    Governor's 

Council  and  of  the  U.  S.  Senate.     Father  of  S. 

Henshaw  Bates,  of  Mrs.  Fordyce  Hubbard,  Mrs. 

H.  H.  Chilson,  and  Mrs.  L.  J.  Dudley. 
Elisha  Mather,  M.  D.     An  estimable   physician,  at 

one  time  partner  of  Dr.    J.    H.    Flint.      One  of 

the  musicians  of  the  First  Church  choir. 


126  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Mather. 

Joseph  Warner,  Jr.  Brother  of  Oliver,  Solomon, 
Seth,  Moses,  Rev.   Aaron  and  others. 

Mrs.  Nancy  Warner. 

Elijah  M.   Hayden. 

Lucinda  Hayden. 

Mary  Ingalls. 

Hannah  Ingalls. 

Aaron  Breck.  Chosen  deacon  1839.  Father  of 
Samuel,  a  teacher  and  graduate  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, 1848. 

Mrs.   Aaron  Breck. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gaius  Burt. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.   Levi  Clark. 

Col.  Jacob  Bates  and  wife.  They  were  the  parents 
of  Hon.  Isaac  C.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Revolutionary  war. 

Adam  R.   Hamilton,     Nancy,  his  wife. 

Joseph  Strong,  Hawley  street.  1780-1860.  Num- 
ber of  his  children,  eight. 

Chloe  Strong. 

Luther  Strong,  Polly  Strong.  He  was  grandson 
of  Jerijah,  Jr.     Their  home  on  North  street. 

Esther  Strong. 

Mehetabel  Warner. 

Eliza  Smith. 

Mrs.   Enoch  Jewett. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  127 

Mrs.   William  Partridge. 

Mrs.   Sally  Pomeroy. 

Warham    Clapp,    Samuel    Strong.     Both    valuable 

men  on  South  street. 
Nathan  Clark,  Jr. 

Nathan  Clark,  Sr.  Lived  in  Westhampton.  The 
third  Elijah  Allen  married,  1849,  Lovisa,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  Clark  of  W. 

Justin  Edwards. 

Quartus  Clark. 

Edwin  Clark.  Son  of  Lemuel.  Rose  to  the  rank 
of  colonel.     Deceased  when  comparatively  young. 

Justin  Clark.  The  oldest  son  of  Calvin.  Home- 
stead at  Rail  Hill,  between  Leeds  and  Williams- 
burg. 

Cynthia  Clark. 

Mary  Strong. 

Sally  Clapp. 

Clarinda  Clapp. 

Electa  Day. 

Lucy  Day. 

Charles  Phelps. 

Elizabeth  Jewett. 

Margaret  Rust. 

Elizabeth  Clark. 

Laura  Rust. 

Martha  Bliss. 


128  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Mary  Lee. 

Esther  Camwell. 

Patrick  Houghton. 

Ansel  Bartlett. 

David  Sylvester. 

Joseph  Parsons. 

Charles  Parsons. 

Joseph  Allen. 

Cordelia  Allen. 

Betsey  Allen. 

Sally  M.  Judd. 

Pamela   Judd. 

Lydia  M.  Parsons,  afterwards  Mrs.  Elisha  Turner. 
Mother  of  Wm.   E.  Turner,  a  lawyer. 

George  Wells. 

Lyman  Knowlton. 

Ira  Cook. 

Horace  Lyman.  Home  on  Bridge  street.  Father 
of  the  late  Gen.   Luke  Lyman. 

Hiram  Ferry.  Married,  1828,  Lucretia,  daughter 
of  Lemuel  Clark.  A  relic  preserved  by  the 
Ferrys  is  a  cradle,  in  which  Dea.  Josiah  was 
rocked  when  a  babe,  1721,  in  which  others  of 
that  line  were  rocked. 

Hiram  Smith. 

James  Ross. 

Johnson. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  L29 

Louise  Winslow. 

Mrs.   Elijah  Wright. 

Betsey  Taylor. 

Lucinda  G.  Smith. 

Salome  Graves. 

Abigail  W.  Clark. 

Harriet  Shepherd. 

Joanna  Davenport. 

Mrs.  Charles  Johnson. 

Joanna  Ingals. 

Hephzibah  Edwards. 

Anna  Shelton. 

Nancy  Graves. 

Roxana  Cutler. 

Esther  Clark. 

Charlotte  Clapp. 

Hannah  Wright. 

Nathaniel  Clark.  The  fourth  of  the  same  name 
on  the  South  street  homestead.  He  lived  there 
1775-1857,  eighty-two  years. 

Sarah  Whitney.  Wife  of  Josiah  D.  Whitney.  She 
was  the  mother  of  the  two  professors,  Josiah 
D.  of  Harvard  and  William  D.  of  Yale,  both 
eminent  in  their  departments  of  learning. 

Dolly  Fowle. 

Betsey  Dickinson. 

Sally  Hunt. 
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130  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Hannah  Severance. 

Sally  Ram sd ell. 

Joanna  Herrick. 

Sybil  Taylor. 

Martha  Edwards. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Allen. 

Mrs.   Urania  Webster. 

Fanny  Wright. 

Nancy  Say  re. 

Sally  Dillen. 

Jacob  Lesten. 

Mary  Lesten. 

Charles  Johnson. 

Moses  Parsons. 

Lucy  Warner. 

Mrs.   Warham   Judd. 

Eunice  Judd.  She  married,  1785,  Lewis  Smith, 
at  South  Farms.  Number  of  their  children, 
eleven.  Charles  Smith,  one  of  the  eleven,  owns 
the  place. 

Widow  Mary  Wilson. 

Rebecca  Clark. 

Clifton  White. 

Eunice  White. 

Fanny  Wright. 

Eliza  S.   Stebbins. 

Abigail  Ingals. 


SOLOMON    WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  13] 

Allen  Clark.     Homestead  upper  part  of  Elm  street. 
Father  of  Jonathan  Allen,   Daniel    W.   and     Ed- 
win.    An  enterprising,  thrifty  farmer. 
J.   Lyman  Clark.     Son  of  Dea.  Israel.     Had  charge 

for  many  years  of  the  town's  poor. 
Spencer  Judd. 
Seth  Strong. 
Phebe  Strong. 
Levi  Starr. 

Thomas  M.   Hunt.     Son  of  Abner.     Was    clerk    in 
the  drug  store  of  Ebenezer  Hunt,  Jr.     Afterward 
at  Auburn,   N.    Y.,    in    the    same    business.     A 
man  of  excellent  character,  much  esteemed. 
Elizabeth  Hunt. 
Sarah  Mills  Hunt. 
Phebe  Parsons. 
Simeon  Clapp. 

Alexander  Phoenix.     A    minister.      Resided    a  few 
years   in    Northampton.      Married,    1817,    Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Benjamin  Tappan.     Settled  at 
Chicopee  as  pastor. 
Mrs.  Quartus  Strong. 
Mary  Bartlett. 
Roxana  Strong. 
Laura  Clark. 
Rhoda  Parsons. 
Catharine  Clapp. 


132  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.    H.   K.   Starkweather. 

Betsey  Shepherd. 

Catharine  Shepherd. 

Mrs.  Charles    Shepherd.     Her    husband    graduated 

at    Yale,     1798.     Went    into    business   with    his 

father,     Dr.     Levi    and    two    brothers.       Charles 

Shepherd  built  on  Round  Hill. 
Mrs.    F.     Hunt    Wright.     She    lived    to    be    over 

ninety.      Her    husband    was    cashier    of    the    old 

Hampshire  Bank. 
Abigail  H.   Pierce. 
Harriet  Clarke. 
Miriam  Pomeroy.     Daughter  of  Asahel,  a   member 

of  the  First  Church  choir,  an  alto  singer. 
Sarah  Tappan  Pierce. 
Content  Curtis. 
Eliza  Eldredge. 
Caroline  Russel. 
Theodosia  Phelps. 
Mary  M.   Clapp. 
Electa  Parsons. 
Naomi  Clark. 
Susan  Clapp. 
Prudence  Graves. 
Luther  Clark,  Jr. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  L33 

Daniel  J.  Cooke.  At  one  time  in  company  with 
David  Judd,  cabinet  makers,  whose  daughter, 
Malissa,  he  married.  Her  son,  David  B.  Cooke, 
at  last  accounts,  lived  in  Chicago. 

Jacob  N.   Brewster. 

Mrs.   Sophia  Clapp. 

William  Bigelow. 

Anna  Bigelow. 

Martha  Starkweather.  Daughter  of  Charles,  mar- 
ried Hon.  Chauncey  Clark.  They  left  no  chil- 
dren.    Both  deceased  1869. 

Frances  A.  Henshaw. 

Mary  Pomeroy. 

Solomon,  a  colored  man. 

Seth  Warner. 

Harriet  Cook,  daughter  of  Enos  Cook. 

1820. 
Widow  Esther  Smith. 
Mrs.   F.   Dickinson. 
Solomon    Stoddard.     Second    son    of    Solomon    the 

high  sheriff.     Was  town  clerk  and  clerk    of   the 

courts.       His    wife    was    daughter    of    Benjamin 

Tappan. 
Nathan  Rust,  Jr. 
Mrs.   Nathan  Rust. 
Cecilia    Lyman.     Married    Dea.    J.     P.    Williston. 

Mother  of  Hon.  A.   L.  Williston. 


134  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Lucy  Whipple.  A  Miss  Whipple  taught  a  school 
for  young  ladies.  The  building  stood  near  the 
Art  Gallery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew   Lord. 

Hannah  Eliza  Harding. 

William  Hutchens. 

Alexander  Hayden. 

Mrs.  Nathaniel  Edwards. 

Sophia  Ashmun. 

1821. 
Catharine  Bigelow.     Daughter  of  William,  married 
Humphrey  Farrar  and  lived  in  Petersham. 
Naomi  Pomeroy. 
Mrs.  Justus  Clark. 
Nancy  Breck. 
Elizabeth  Stebbins. 
Mr.   and  Mrs.  Zebina  Smith. 
Timothy  Graves  and  wife. 
Widow  Mary  Day. 
Eli  Loveland.     Married  a  sister  of  Chauncey  Clark. 

The  family  moved  to    Marion,    Alabama,    where 

they  lived  over  forty  years. 
Nancy  Killingly. 
Lydia  Strong. 
Letitia  Gould. 


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ELIPHALET    WILLIAMS. 


SOLOMON   WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  135 

Armanda  Woods.  Worked  iu  the  tanning  business. 
Occupied  and  owned  the  residence  where  John 
Whittelsey  lives.  Mrs.  Whittelsey  was  his  daugh- 
ter. 

1822. 

Louisa  A.   Henshaw. 

John  Doty. 

Israel  R.   Pilgrim.     Home  on  Union  street. 

Mrs.  Caroline  Parsons.  Wife  of  Capt.  Samuel, 
West  street.      Parents  of  Sydenham,   Samuel    L., 

Col.  Joseph  B.,   Sarah,  and  others. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ashur  Shepherd. 

Widow  Sarah  Adams.  Daughter  of  Seth  Wright. 
Lived  at  the  H.  R.   Hinckley  place. 

Penley  Thayer. 

Eliphalet  Williams.  Son  of  Rev.  Solomon,  the 
pastor.  President  of  Northampton  National 
Bank  thirty-one  years,  deacon  in  the  First 
Church  forty-three  years.  Attained  the  age  of 
ninety-four. 


1823. 


Julia  Phillips. 
Hannah  Clark. 


136  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.  Sylvester  Judd.  Her  husband  was  third  edi- 
tor of  the  Hampshire  Gazette.  Under  him  the 
circulation  of  the  paper  steadily  increased.  Com- 
menced a  history  of  Hadley.  Became  an  honor- 
ary member  of  the  Connecticut  and  Massachu- 
setts Historical  Societies. 

Laura  Bartlett. 

Abigail  Ingals. 

Lucy  Mather. 

Anna  Strong. 

Mary  Bigelow. 

Martha  Clark. 

Lucretia  Clark. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Sarah  Clark. 

Julia  Clark. 

Ruth  Conners. 

Martha  Day. 

Widow  Susan   Parsons. 

Harriet  Hutchins. 

Eunice  Strong. 

Asenath  Clark. 

Elizabeth  L.  Clark. 

Esther  Maria  Cook. 

Julia  Wright. 

Julius  Rust. 

Josiah  D.  Ashley. 


SOLOMON  WILLIAMS'   MINISTRY.  137 

Ilenry  Hill. 

J.  Metcalf  Wilson. 

Reuben  Peck. 

Stephen  Whitney. 
Marsh. 

Mrs.   Lucy  Conners. 

Jabez  French.  Father  of  M.  M.  French.  A  mu- 
sician of  the  First  Church  choir.  Played  the 
double  bass  viol. 


CHAPTER    VI. 


Rev.  Mark  Tucker's  Ministry,  March  10,  1821,— 
Aug.   16,  1827. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1824. 

Mrs.  George  Bridgman. 

Lydia  Bartlett. 

Samuel  Wells.  Graduated  at  Dartmouth  College, 
1813.  A  lawyer,  Justice  of  Peace,  Clerk  of  the 
Courts,  highly  esteemed  citizen,  and  member  of 
the  church. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Wells. 

A.   G.   Duncan.     A  clerk  in  one  of  the  stores. 

J.  P.  Williston.  Son  of  Rev.  Payson  and  brother 
of  Elon.  Samuel  Williston,  of  Easthampton. 
Deacon  for  thirty-four  years.  Practically  benev- 
olent on  a  large  scale. 

Nancy  Jane  Rider. 

Emeline  Rider. 

Mary  Eaton. 

Mrs.  Elijah  Abbott. 


(138) 


MARK    TUCKER'S    MINISTRY.  139 

Elihu  Atkins. 
Abel  Marsh. 
Betsey  Marsh. 

1825. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wells. 

Mrs.   Desire  Atkins. 

Thomas  Pomeroy.  Son  of  William,  a  clothier; 
brother  of  Daniel,  Northville,  Michigan  ;  also  of 
Nancy,  wife  of  William  Bolter.  Attained  the 
rank  of  colonel.  Chosen  deacon  in  Florence 
Congregational  church. 

Enoch  Jewett.  He  and  Dea.  Thomas  Pomeroy 
were  among  the  first  to  build  and  settle  in  Flor- 
ence. 

Ursula  Clark.     Her  home  was  on  Water  street. 

Widow  Charlotte  Wright. 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Wright. 

Zephaniah  Hunt.     Lived  on  Market  street. 

Mary  Hunt. 

Mrs.  Eli  Judd. 

Mary  Ann  Dwight. 

Elisha  Graves,  Jr.  Brother  of  Mrs.  John  Clarke, 
wife  of  the  banker.  Lived  eighty-two  years  on 
the  Graves'  homestead,  Market  street. 

Eliza  A.  Graves. 

Sally  Cutter. 


140  FIRST   CHURCk   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Benjamin  Eastman.  Lived  on  Market  street,  a 
cabinet  maker. 

Persis  Parsons. 

Esther  Upson. 

Lydia  Upson. 

Elizabeth  Upson. 

Edward  Upson. 

Justus  Upson.     The  Upsons  lived  at  South  Farms. 

Caroline  Day. 

Julia  White. 

Mrs.   Levi  Parsons. 

Samantha  Parsons. 

Sally  L.   White. 

Saphronia  White. 

Spencer  Taylor. 

Amos  Smith. 

Henry  B.  Winslow. 

Milo  J.  Smith.  Home  at  South  Farms.  A  rep- 
resentative to  the  Legislature  in  1842.  Chosen 
selectman  nine  times. 

Mrs.  Mark  Tucker.  Her  husband  was  the  sixth 
pastor  of  the  First  Church.  Williams  College 
conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  D.  D.  in  1831. 

Frederic  Janes.  Married  Paulina  Burnell,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  the  miller,  in  1833.  Pursued  col- 
legiate studies  at  Yale  and  Amherst.  Lived  sev- 
eral years  in  New  York  editing  the  Christian 
Parlor  Magazine.     Deceased  in  1890. 


MARK   TUCKER'S   MINISTRY.  141 

Mrs.   Asenatb  Gouch. 

Hannah  Gouch. 

Elizabeth  Dwight.  Daughter  of  Cecil,  who  lived 
in  the  Warner  district.  She  was  sister  of  Henry 
Augustus  and  William  Cecil.  Married  Mr.  H. 
Kirkland,  and  lived  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

Tamesin  S.  Clark.  Daughter  of  Bohan.  She  de- 
ceased, 1889,  at  South  Deerfield,  and  left  nearly 
ten  thousand  dollars  to  various  charities. 

H.  K.  Starkweather.  In  office  as  one  of  the 
selectmen  sixteen  or  seventeen  successive  years. 
Afterwards  in  California. 

Charles  Walker.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1824.  A 
physician  and  dentist  over  twenty-five  years. 
Son-in-law  of  Nathan  Storrs. 

1826. 

Erastus  Slate.  Originated  in  Bernardston.  Home 
on  Market  street.     In  the  boot  and  shoe  business. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Hopkins.  In  early  life  styled 
Capt.  John.  A  trader  in  his  native  town,  Had- 
ley,  afterwards  in  Boston.  Built  on  King  street, 
1824.  Variously  connected  with  twenty-five 
clergymen. 

Experience  Hunt. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ezekiel  Wood.  Afterwards  lived  in 
Chesterfield. 


L42  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

George  A.  Orossett.  An  officer  on  board  of  U.  S. 
ship  Potomac. 

Benjamin  Barrett,  M.  D.  Came  to  Northampton, 
1823.  Partner  with  Dr.  David  Hunt,  as  Hunt 
&  Barrett.  Chosen  to  Legislature  1842,  State 
Senate  1843-4,  County  Commissioner  1847. 
Treasurer  of  Northampton  Savings  Bank,  1854-64. 

Levi  Wright.     Home  on  Bridge  street. 

Julia  Clark. 

Mrs.  Anna  Birge. 

Phebe  Tuft. 

Sally  Willard.  Home  afterward  Chenango  County, 
N.   Y. 

Mrs.  Fanny  Clapp.  Became  second  wife  of  Phin- 
ehas  Allen,  editor  of  Pittsfield  Sun.  Has  re- 
cently celebrated  her  ninetieth  birthday. 

David  Clark. 

Thomas  Stearns  and  wife. 

Mrs.   Sophia  Clark. 

Priscilla  Peck. 

Adaline  Brewer. 

Sarah  Hubbard. 

Mrs.  Nancy  Loveland. 

Judith  Breck.  Wife  of  Moses  Breck,  from  Ches- 
terfield. 

Sally  Eustis. 

Persis  Pease. 


MARK   TUCKER'S   MINISTRY.  143 

Abigail  J.   Lyman. 

Nancy  A.  and  Lucy  H.  Clark.  Sisters,  daughters 
of  Dea.  Luther  Clark,  Elm  street.  Nancy  A. 
married  William  Wells  of  Greenfield.  They  lived 
at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.  Parents  of  Helen  and 
Charles  Wells,  at  Saratoga  Springs. 

Almira  Clapp. 

Caroline  Bliss. 

Eliza  Brown. 

Elizabeth  M.   Chester. 

Angeline  and  Julia  Snow.  Sisters,  daughters  of 
Ralph,  the  trader.  Angeline  married  Rev.  Jo- 
seph Hunt  Breck,  a  native  of  Northampton. 
Preached  in  Massachusetts,  Vermont  and  Ohio. 

Susan  Dwight. 

Hannah  W.   Dwight. 

Caroline  W.  Dwight.  Daughter  of  Major  Josiah. 
Married,  1832,  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins.  They 
lived  together  not   quite  fifty  years. 

Lucy  Pomeroy.  Daughter  of  Heman.  She  mar- 
ried Luther,  son  of  Theodore  Clapp,  inn-keeper 
at  Easthampton.  They  lived  at  Gloversville, 
N.   Y. 

Temperance  Clark.  She  married  Charles,  fourth 
son  of  Dea.  Luther  Clark.  They  were  parents 
of  James  Dickson  and  Charles  Henry  Clark. 


144  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mary  and  Hannah  Butler.  Sisters,  daughters  of 
Simeon,  the  bookseller.  Hannah  married  Mr. 
Sunstead. 

Frances  M.   Storrs. 

Abigail  Pease. 

Hannah  Clapp. 

Frances  Greenwood.  Reared  in  the  family  of  Sol- 
omon Stoddard,  Esq.,  Elm  street.  Married  his 
son  Solomon,  author  of  Latin  Grammar  and 
Professor  at  Middlebury  College. 

Fanny  Dickinson.  Sister  of  George  P.,  57  Elm 
street.  For  many  years  her  home  has  been  at 
the  west. 

Octavia  Smith. 

Stella  Shepherd.  Daughter  of  Levi,  married,  1833, 
Rev.  Mark  Niles.     They  had  five  children. 

Martha  Strong. 

Erastus  Hopkins.  Graduated  at  Dartmouth,  1830. 
Settled  in  ministry  six  years.  Moved  to  North- 
ampton 1841.  Nine  years  a  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature.    First  president  of  Conn.    R.   R.   R. 

Isaac  Smith. 

Orren  Phelps. 

David  B.   Spencer. 

Sophia  Wilder. 

Fanny  Jewett. 

Lucy  Parsons. 


MARK   TUCKER'S   MINISTRY.  145 

Sally  Wright. 

Olive  Wright. 

Annette  Strong. 

Sumner  Clark.     Oldest  son  of   Dea.   Enos   on  Elm 

street.     Became  a  druggist  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Benjamin   Sheldon.     Medical    student    of  Hunt    & 

Barrett.     Practiced  at   Hatfield.     1836,    removed 

to  Cleveland,    Ohio.      His   address   26     Franklin 

Avenue. 
Harriet  Judd. 
Miranda    and    Henrietta    Ingalls.        Daughters    of 

James  on  Market  street. 
Sybil  Rust. 
Harriet  Hamilton. 
Mary  Hayden. 
Chloe  Rust. 
Eliza  Dwight. 
Joseph  D.   Smith. 
Jonathan  Smith. 
William  Clark,  Jr. 
Jared  Clark.     Same  as  Dea.  Jared.     Held  the  office 

of  deacon  for  nearly  fifty  years. 

Martin  Livermore. 

Hannah  Meeder. 

Electa  Clark. 

Abigail  Smith. 

Elizabeth  Colton. 
10 


146  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Almira  Wright. 

Delia  Tower. 

Sarah  and  Theodosia  Hunt,  sisters.  Daughters  of 
Abner  Hunt.  Sarah  married  Theodore  Burt. 
Theodosia  married  Silas  M.  Smith,  the  parents 
of  W.   L.  and  George  H.  Smith. 

Anson  Dwight. 

Justice  S.   Parsons. 

Susanna  Clark. 

Asenath  Meachem. 

Esther  Jewett. 

Elisha  Parsons,  Jr.  Born  on  King  street.  Left 
Northampton  and  located  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Ann  Tappan. 

Mary  Temple. 

Sarah  Parsons. 

Edward  T.    Wade. 

Ahira  Staples. 

William  Converse. 

Samuel  F.  Phelps.  From  Westhampton,  a  clerk 
on  Shop  Row.  Married  Phebe,  daughter  of  Jus- 
tus Parsons.  A  prominent  member  of  Dr.  Storr's 
Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  for  many  years. 

Dwight  Lathrop. 

John  L.  Clark. 

Asa  J.   Clark. 

George  Edwards. 


MARK   TUCKER'S  MINISTRY.  147 

James  Colton. 

James  Converse. 

Thankful  White. 

Cynthia  Pierce. 

Jane  F.   Fowler. 

Josiah  D.  Whitney.  A  merchant,  afterwards  Cash- 
ier and  President  of  Northampton  National 
Bank.  Three  of  his  sons  are  professors  in  va- 
rious colleges ;  another  is  principal  assistant  in 
Boston  Public  Library. 

Daniel  R.  Clark.  For  about  fifty  years  a  mason 
by  occupation.  Home  near  his  brother,  Dea. 
Jared. 

David  Judd.     Was  cabinet  maker  on  South  street. 

Edmund  M.  Bartlett.  Home  in  the  meadow, 
South  street. 

Elizabeth  Tower. 

Betsey  Fisher.     Removed  to  Chicopee. 

Elihu  Clark.  The  third  and  youngest  of  that 
name.  His  widow  resides  in  the  upper  part  of 
Elm  street. 

1827. 
Elizabeth  Mather. 
Ann  Bowers. 
Julia  Butler. 

William  Butler.  The  originator  of  the  Hampshire 
Gazette  in  1786,  also  editor  and  proprietor. 


148  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Elizabeth  Butler. 

Theodore  Butler.  Bookseller,  and  member  of  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Has  a 
son  in  Chicago  in  the  stationery  business. 

Kitteredge  Earl. 

Clarissa  Miller. 

Rebecca  Clapp. 

Hannah  Day. 

Lorenzo  and  George  W.  Snow.  Sons  of  Ralph  the 
trader. 

Elizabeth  Strong.  Daughter  of  Theodore,  home 
formerly  at  the  east  end  of  Shop  Row.  Mar- 
ried, 1841,  Rev.  Augustus  C.  Thompson,  D.  D., 
Roxbury  or  Boston. 

Eliza  Day. 

Joseph  D.   Smith. 

Abigail  T.   Smith. 

Justin  Smith,  Jr.     Home  opposite  the  Art  Gallery. 

William  S.   Smith.     Residence  later  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Isaac  Bridgman. 

Lewis  Bridgman.  Graduated  1839  at  Oberlin  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  Has  preached  mostly  at  the 
west.     At  last  accounts  was  in  Dakota. 

Moses  Bryant.     Resided  at  Amherst. 

Horace  Hills. 

John  Moies,  Jr.     Lived  at  Pawtucket,   R.   I. 

Edward  H.   Little.      Home  afterward  in  Pittsfield. 


MARK   TUCKER'S   MINISTRY.  149 

George  Kingsley.  His  life  was  devoted  to  musical 
culture.  Among  composers  and  performers  he 
stood  conspicuous.  Organist  of  First  Church. 
Afterwards  at  Easthampton. 

Moses  Chandler. 

Mrs.  Eli  Judd. 

Widow  Lucy  Sage. 

Widow  Theodosia  Eastman. 

Julia  Parsons. 

Elizabeth  Clark. 

Martha  Smith,  daughter  of  Justin. 

Mary  Ann  Clark,  daughter  of  Dea.   Enos. 

Laura  Day. 

Pearly  Washburn. 

Laura  Clark.  Daughter  of  Calvin.  Married  James 
Loud  of  Cummington  and  Plainfield. 

Frances  A.   Wright. 

Spencer  Lyman  Judd.     Located  at    Brecksville,   0. 

Octavia  Cushman.     At  the  Paper  Mill. 

Eunice  Pratt. 

Mary  Bridgman. 

Widow  Laura  Stebbins. 

Widow  Sybil  Phelps. 

Lucinda  Tucker. 

Widow  Harriet  Bailey. 

Orren  Phelps. 

Anna  Sackett. 


150  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Daniel  Butler,  Jr.  Fifty-eight  years  ago  went  to 
Green    Bay.     Died  there  not  long  since. 

John  Wells.  Associated  in  trade  with  J.  D.  Whit- 
ney, under  the  firm  of  Whitney  &  Wells. 


CHAPTER   VII. 


Rev.  I.  S.  Spencer's   Ministry,  Sept.  11,  1828— 
March  12,  1832. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1828. 

Lyman  Parsons. 

Benjamin  Clark,  Jr. 

Charles  F.   Sheldon.     Home  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  James  Phelps.  Previous  to  her  marriage 
taught  on  Elm  street. 

James  Phelps.  Homestead  beyond  the  Hospital 
toward  Easthampton. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elisha  C.   Strong.     South  District. 

Mrs.   Maria  Strong. 

Sally  0.   Lyman. 

Mrs.  Isaac  Clark.  Wife  of  the  druggist.  Clark 
&  Williston.  They  were  the  parents  of  Isaac 
Edwards  C,  connected  with  the  Bureau  of  Ed- 
ucation, Washington,  D.  C. 

Caroline  H.  Dewey.      Wife    of   Judge    Charles    A. 

Dewey. 

(151) 


152  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mary  Dwight.     Daughter  of  Cecil  in    the    Warner 

district. 
Mrs.   Ruth  Sheldon. 

1829. 
Sophronia  Sheldon. 
Nancy  Wade. 
Rhoda  Stetson. 
Eunice  Hunt. 
Roxana    Hunt.       Married     Roswell     Hubbard,    on 

Bridge  street.     Long  a  valuable   member  of   the 

First  Church  choir. 
Ebenezer  M.  Dwight. 
Edwin  Spooner. 
Samuel  C.  Clark. 
Laura  B.  Bartlett. 
Mary  Edwards. 
Stephen  Chandler. 
Lydia  Chandler. 
Mrs.  Harriet  N.  Clark. 
Mrs.  Hannah  Spencer. 
Mrs.  Elvira  Bartlett. 
Mrs.  Charity  Judd.     From  South  Hadley.     Wife  of 

Warham.     Became  one  of  the  oldest    persons   in 

Northampton. 
John  Phillips. 
Electa  Phillips. 


I.   s.   spencer's  MINISTRY.  153 

Mrs.   Deborah  Clapp. 

Clarissa  Whitney.  Previously  Miss  James  of 
Goshen,  the  second  wife  of  J.  D.  Whitney,  the 
parents  of  Henry  Mitchell  Whitney,  sergeant 
major  in  the  late  war,  professor  in  Beloit  Col- 
lege,  Wisconsin. 

Widow  Mosely  Wright. 

1830. 

Eliza  W.  Butler.  Oldest  daughter  of  Daniel,  mar- 
ried, 1834,  Prof.  William  Thompson,  D.  D., 
of  the  Hartford  Theological  Seminary.  They 
lived  together  forty-five  years. 

Julia  Warner. 

Caroline  P.  Chandler.  Home  afterwards  in  Mich- 
igan. 

Henry  G.  Bowers.  Lived  on  Prospect  street. 
Place  occupied  by  Prof.   Blodgett. 

Mary  W.  Bowers. 

Lucy  Whipple. 

Lewis  S.  Hopkins,  M.  D.  Brother  of  Erastus. 
Bought  the  Hensbaw  place,  lived  there  1849-59. 
Removed  to  Brockton,   1864. 

Esther  Cook. 

Mary  H.  Williams.  Daughter  of  Hon.  Eliphalet, 
married,  1837,  Rev.  John  E.  Tyler,  of  Wind- 
ham, Conn. 


154  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Rhoda  Everett. 

William  Griffin.     Located  afterward  iu  Michigan. 

Roxana  Noble. 

Octavia  Clapp.     At  a  later  date  lived  in  Hartford, 

Conn. 
Widow  Sarah  Edwards. 

Clarissa  A.  Cook.     Home  on  Pleasant  street. 
John  Bridgman.     Brother  of   Ansel,  Sylvester  and 

Theodore,  of  Brecksville,  Ohio. 
Mrs.  John  Bridgman. 
Mrs.  Nancy  Wright,  Mrs.  Juliana  Bridgman.     Both 

lived  at  Horse  Mountain. 
Amanda  Bridgman. 

Susannah  F.  Judd.     Afterwards  at  Brecksville,  0. 
Horace  Wright,  Laura  Ann  Moody,  Clarissa  Allen. 

These  three  belonged  at  Roberts  Meadow. 
Huldah  Converse. 
Mrs.  Elvira  Shepherd.     Wife  of  George  Shepherd, 

hatter. 
Esther  Bridgman. 
Mrs.   William  H.  Judd. 
Mary  B.  Kingsley. 
Esther  H.   Starr. 
Widow  Keziah  Starr. 
Orra  Lyon.     Home  in  Whately. 
Abigail  Warner. 


I.  s.  spencer's  ministry.  155 

1831. 
Thankful  Phelps. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Barnard.  Before  her  marriage  was  Lucy 
Sage,  on  Elm  street. 

Henry  R.  Hayden. 

Charles  T.   Hayden. 

Lavinia  B.  Hayden.  The  Haydens  lived  at  the 
Factory,  now  Leeds. 

Cynthia  C.  Hunt. 

Mary  Smith.  Now  Mrs.  Tenney,  opposite  the  Art 
Gallery. 

Elizabeth  Pierce.  Daughter  of  Rev.  John  Pierce 
of  Brookliue,  grand-daughter  of  Benjamin  Tap- 
pan. 

Lucy  Gregory,  Mrs.  Nancy  North,  and  Laura 
Witherell.     The  three  foregoing  lived  at  Leeds. 

Marcus  T.  Moody. 

Solomon  Strong. 

Solomon  Stoddard,  Jr.  The  fourth  of  that  name 
in  Northampton.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1820. 
Father  of  Prof.  Francis  H.  Stoddard  of  New 
York  City. 

William  H.  Stoddard.  Chosen  deacon  in  Edwards 
Church.  A  merchant  for  many  years  in  his  na- 
tive place. 

William  K.  Wright,  Prospect  street.  Son  of  Rev. 
Ebenezer,  employed  by  Hampshire  Missionary 
Society  in  St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y. 


156  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Justus  Taylor. 

Theodore  B.   Rogers. 

Marcus  C.   Parker. 

Charles  R.   Stearns. 

Webster  Herrick. 

Roxana  R.   Parsons.      Graduated    at    Mt.    Holyoke 

Seminary    1841.      Married    Mr.     Green,    Homer, 

N.  Y. 
Harriet  Day. 

Tryphena  Day.     The  three  lived  at   South  Farms. 
Daniel  Willcutt. 
Melissa  Strong. 
Sarah  White. 
Fanny  B.    Eastman. 
Ansel  Jewett.     Third  son  of  Timothy.     His  widow 

still  survives  on  the  homestead,  Elm  street. 
Mary  H.   Kirkland. 

Mary  Parsons.     Home  afterward  in  Springfield,  0. 
Tryphena  Hartwell. 
Charles  Morton. 
Polly  Morton. 
Jonathan  Wood. 
Eliab  Barnard. 
Lewis  Phelps. 
Jonathan  Ring. 
Elvira  Ring. 
Orinda  Negus. 


SILAS    M.    SMITH. 


I.  s.  spencer's  ministry.  15? 

Ansel  Abels. 

Martha  Abels. 

Asahel  S.  Abels. 

Ephraim  Cushman. 

Wealthy  Cushman.      Lived  at  the  Paper   Mill. 

Susan  Furbush. 

Mrs.   Margaret  Clapp. 

Joseph  T.   Herrick. 

James  P.  Bradley. 

Silas  M.  Smith.  Lived  nearly  sixty  years  in  North- 
ampton. In  the  furniture  business.  Leading 
singer  for  many  years  of  the  First  Church  choir. 
Trustee  of  the  Lunatic  Hospital.  Chosen  dea- 
con of  the  First  Church.  Father  of  W.  L.  and 
George  H.  Smith. 

Enos  Parsons.  Son  of  Elisha.  A  lawyer  for 
many  years. 

James  Greenwood.  Brother  of  Mrs.  Solomon 
Stoddard.  Jr.     Became  a  minister. 

Cephas  Strong.  Home  on  North  street.  Sexton 
of  First  Church  twenty  years. 

Sylvester  Judd,  Jr.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1836. 
Pastor  at  Augusta,  Me.,  1840-53.  A  public  lec- 
turer and  author. 

George  Strickland. 

John  W.   Little. 

Phebe  Phelps. 


158  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Sarah  Hamilton. 

Elizabeth  Mather. 

Mary  Ann  Smith. 

Elizabeth  Strong. 

Mrs.  T.   Chamberlain. 

Susan  Pratt. 

Mrs.   Mary  Taylor. 

Mary  Strong. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Powers. 

Joanna  Clark. 

Estes  H.   Smith. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Wetherell. 

Sarah  Little. 

Sarah  T.  Butler.  A  daughter  of  Daniel  on  Pleas- 
ant street. 

Mrs.   Hannah   Clark. 

Lucy  Gleason. 

Elizabeth  White. 

Cynthia  Slack. 

Mrs.  Mary  D.   Phelps. 

Caroline  Strong. 

Avesta  C.  White. 

Daniel  Kingsley.  A  tailor  for  nearly  fifty  years. 
Went  twice  to  the  Legislature.  Superintendent 
of  Sabbath  School  twenty  years.  Served  as  dea- 
con sixteen  years. 


i.  s.  spencer's  ministry.  159 

Arunah  C.  Bugbee.  A  Teacher.  Lived  at  Spring- 
field afterwards. 

Moses  Hunt,  Jr. 

Abiel  Rankin.  A  stone  cutter.  His  stone  yard 
was  opposite  Capt.  Samuel  Parsons'  plnce  on 
West  street. 

Mary  A.   Rankin. 

Dorcas  E.  Clark. 

Wealthy  A.   Herrick. 

Luther  H.  Graves. 

Asahel  Kingsley. 

Mrs.   Abigail  Kingsley. 

Abigail  Kingsley. 

Mrs.  Mary  Clapp. 

Marilla  Smith. 

Mrs.   Abigail  Cook. 

Mrs.   Almira  Smith. 

Cynthia  B.   Robinson. 

Stephen  Parsons. 

Chauncey  Colton.  In  the  furniture  business.  A 
deacon  in  the  Edwards  Church. 

Mary  Rand.  Subsequent  residence  at  Elbridge, 
N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Amanda  Adkins,  on  North   street. 

Martha  Bowers. 

Mrs.  Anna  Cutter. 

Sarah  M.  Wrisley. 


160  FIRST    CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Elizabeth  Strong.     Daughter   of    Jonathan,    South 

street. 
William  N.   Moore. 
Sarah  Eustis. 
Sarah    Phelps. 
Josiah  Dwight.     Major    Josialrs    son  ;    brother    of 

Margaret,  Susan,  Caroline,   Ogden  and   others. 
Harriet  S.  Clark. 
Caroline  Starr. 
Ellen  M.   Moies. 

Richard  B.   Davis,  South  street.      Carriage  maker. 
Harriet  G.  Chandler. 
Mrs.  Nancy  B.  Clark. 
Elizabeth  M.   Phelps. 

Elijah  Kingsley.     A  carpenter  on  South  street. 
Lewis    Parsons.      Son    of    Justus.      Succeeded    his 

father  on  the  homestead,  near  the    South    street 

bridge. 
Sarah  A.   Strong. 
Elizabeth  W.   Russell. 
Abigail  Clapp. 
George  Brown. 

John  S.   Reed.      Lived  in  Northfield. 
Lovisa  Weller.     Home  on  Lyman's  Lane. 
George    Sheldon,    D.   D.     Graduated    at    Williams 

College,  1835.     Ordained  1841.     Married  Martha 

Lyman,  1839.     They  had    eight   children.     Four 

sons  graduated  at  Princeton  College. 


I.  s.  spencer's  ministry.  161 

Phebe  Parsons.     Married  Samuel  F.  Phelps,  Brook- 
lyn, N.   Y. 

Mary  Russell. 

Mary  Wright. 

Mrs.  Zebina  Smith. 

Sarah  W.   Breck. 

Abigail  M.  Joy. 

Ebenezer  Allen. 

Joseph  Allen. 

Mrs.   Mercy  Moody. 

Emma  C.   Phelps. 

Emeline  Barnuni. 

Ruth  Edwards. 

Lovisa  H.   Phelps. 

Augusta  Shepherd. 

Lydia  M.   Clapp. 

Lydia  Janes. 

Sally  Pratt. 

Mrs.   Rachel  Clapp. 

Clarissa  Phelps. 

Mary  I.  Shepherd. 

George  Ellsworth. 

Edward  C.  Smith. 

Sarah  T.   Stoddard.     An  only  daughter  of  the  third 

Solomon.      Married,    1837,    Rev.    Albert    Smith, 

Prof,   at    Middlebury.     Their    son,    Rev.    Arthur 

H.   Smith,  is  a  missionary  in  China. 
11 


162  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Thomas  Bridgman.  Published  Inscriptions  on  the 
Grave  Stones  of  Northampton,  1850 ;  also  sub- 
sequently several  books  of  inscriptions  relating  to 
cemeteries  in  Boston  and  elsewhere. 

Theodore  Bartlett. 

Mrs.   Eunice  N.    Bartlett. 

Elizabeth   P.   Augur. 

Mrs.   Sarah  Wright. 

Sarah  Clark. 

Laura  N.   Bryant. 

Mrs.   Wealthy  Clark. 

Elizabeth   Furbush. 

Evelina  Bannister. 

Luther  Clark,  2d,  Bridge  street. 

Charles  Hayden,  at  Leeds. 

Benjamin  E.  Cook.  Came  to  Northampton,  1827. 
Partner  of  Nathan  Storrs,  jeweler.  Chosen 
Brigadier  General,  1850,  served  five  years. 
"  Reminiscences  of  sixty  years  on  Shop  Row," 
in  the  Centennial  Hampshire  Gazette,  by  Gen. 
B.   E.   Cook,  is  an  interesting  sketch. 

Bathsheba  Steadman. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cornelius  Delano.  The  name  recalls 
the  mode  of  travel  by  the  stage  coach  one  and 
two  generations  ago.  Mr.  Delano's  connection 
with  a  stage  line  first  brought  him  to  North- 
ampton. 


I.  s.  spencer's  ministry.  L63 


Mrs.  Louisa  Wood. 
Isabella  Thompson. 


1832. 


Dexter  Clark.     Lived  forty  years  on    Maple  street. 

A  mason  by  occupation. 
J.  Stebbins  Latbrop.     Home  No.  17  Bridge  street. 
Mrs.   Abigail  Phelps. 
Abigail  Munn. 
Mrs.   Esther  Cook. 
Mrs.   Miriam  May. 
Dan  T.   Baggs. 
Mrs.   Eunice  Brown. 
Apphia  Judd. 
Julia  Strong. 
Widow  Starr. 
Mrs.   Mary  Clark. 
Harriet  Moody. 
Delight  Tanner. 
Martha    Lyman.      Daughter    of    Sylvester,    Bridge 

street,  married,  1839,  Rev.  George  Sheldon,  D.  D. 
Mrs.  Nancy  Edwards. 
Sylvester  S.   Wright. 
Juliette  Clark. 
Julia  N.  Rust. 
Eliza  Phelps. 
Elizabeth  A.   Warner. 


104  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Catharine  M.   Graves. 

Lucy  Gere.  Daughter  of  Isaac,  a  goldsmith.  She 
married  Dr.   Brown,   removed  to  Ohio. 

Ellen  Gouch. 

Eli  Edwards,   West  street,  right  hand. 

Israel  Graves. 

Mrs.   Fanny  Graves. 

Mary  Ann  Clark.  Daughter  of  Bohan,  married, 
1835,  to  Watson  Loud,  M.  D.,  Romeo,  Michigan; 
the  parents  of  eight  children.  In  January,  1829, 
he  entered  the  office  of  Hunt  &  Barrett,  North- 
ampton, as  a  medical  student. 

Barton  Bisbee. 

Mrs.  Frances  F.   Merritt. 

Mrs.  George  Day. 

Mrs.   Lucretia  Taylor. 

Fidelia  Herrick. 

Moses  Gage. 

Osea  Church. 

Mrs.   Melinda  Church. 

Elihu  Sanford. 

Mrs.   Sanford. 

Mrs.   Electa  Sage. 

Mrs.   Moses  Richmond. 

Henry  Lyman.  Ordained  Oct.  1832,  at  Northamp- 
ton.    Sailed,   1833,    with    other    missionaries    for 


i.  s.  spencer's  ministry.  Hi") 

Batavia,  Isle  of  Java.  Started  April,  1834,  on 
an  exploring  tour  with  his  associate,  Mr.  Mun- 
son.  Both  suffered  martyrdom,  June  28.  Ly- 
man was  only  twenty-four,  Munson  was  thirty. 
A  monument  to  Lyman's  memory  stands  near 
Brainerd's  grave  in  the  Northampton  cemetery. 


CHAPTER   VIII. 


Ministry  of  Rev.    Joseph  Penny,  D.  D.,    June 
5,  1833— November  23,  1835. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1833. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Penny. 
Mrs.  Dorcas  Hancock. 
George  Kingsley.  The  organist. 
Mrs.  Nancy  Kingsley. 
Mrs.  Mary  W.  Bissell. 
Sarah  B.   Hunt. 

1834. 
Solomon  Clark.  Fifth  son  of  Dea.  Luther.  Grad- 
uated at  Williams  College,  1837,  and  the  Semi- 
nary now  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  1840.  Pastorates  at 
Petersham,  South  Canton,  Plainfield  and  Goshen. 
Author  of  Antiquities,  Historicals  and  Gradu- 
ates of  Northampton.  Published  Historical  Cat- 
alogue of  the  First  Church,  Northampton,  1891. 

Strong  Burnell. 

(166) 


JOSEPH  penny's  ministry.  167 

Shubael  Wilder. 

Lucy  E.  Dewey.  Married,  1842,  Prof.  Josiah 
Clark  of  Smith  College.  He  Received  LL.  D. 
from  Yale  in  1875. 

Eliza  M.  Judkins. 

Mrs.  Ann  Hamilton. 

Mrs.   Simeon  Butler. 

Emma  Osborne. 

C.  Parkman  Judd.  Son  of  the  editor  and  anti- 
quarian. Graduated  at  Yale,  1840.  Studied  law 
with  C.  P.  Huntington.  Established  himself 
at  Reading.     Has  an  office  there,  also  in  Boston. 

Jonathan   Lyman. 

Lydia  Lyman. 

Charles  Lyman. 

Mrs.  Phebe  Hartwell. 

Thankful  Crony. 

Sarah  Wright. 

Eunice  Joy. 

Clarissa  Ellsworth. 

Sybil  Clark. 

Abigail  Nevers. 

Sarah  Ann  Parsons.  The  youngest  of  the  family 
of  Justus.  Married,  1840,  Rev.  Josiah  Leonard. 
First  settlement  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  next  in 
Oswego. 

Ann  E.  Mead. 


168  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Nancy  Bliss. 

Maria  Tower. 

Lydia  A.   Braden. 

Irene  Bishop. 

Ruth  Allen. 

Harriet  Ramsdale. 

Hetty  S.  Butler.  The  youngest  of  the  four  daugh- 
ters of  Daniel.  She  married,  1846,  Rev.  Eli 
Smith,  D.  D.?  missionary  to  Syria.  Since  1869 
her  home  has  been  at  Amherst.  The  three  sons 
are  graduates.  Two  daughters  married  and  live 
at  the  west. 

Sophia  French. 

Julia  Ann  Sophia  King. 

Miranda  Wright. 

Hadassah  Durant. 

Sally  Strong. 

Margaret  Tower. 

Clarissa  C.  Barnard.  Lived  on  Bridge  street,  a 
dress  maker. 

Vesta  Wright. 

Anna  Wright. 

Maria  Barnard. 

Mary  Bridgman. 

Sophia  Lyman. 

Harriet  Phelps. 

Persis  Kingsley. 


JOSEPH  penny's  ministry.  169 

Lucy  M.  Work. 
Jacob  Osborne. 
Nathan  Storrs.     In  1791    opened    a   jewelery   shop 

where  Dr.  Roberts'  house  stands.     The  next  year 

he  located  on  Shop  Row.     In  1828,  he  erected  a 

granite  block,  considered  the    finest   building  of 

the  kind  in  the  county. 
Elihu  Strong. 
Henry  R.   Noble. 
Timothy  A.  Russell. 
Cephas  Parsons. 
Lewis  C.  Tower. 
Cyrus  Noble,  Jr. 
Alpheus  Lyman. 
Ira  Strong. 
Charles  Strong. 
Zenas  Clapp.     Homestead    on    South    street.     The 

father  of  William  D. 
Ambrose  French. 
William  Bliss,  Jr.     A  captain  in    the    war    of  the 

Rebellion.    A  book-binder.    Lives  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 
Daniel  R.  Burnell. 
Levi  Wright. 
Jonas  M.  Clark.     Superintendent  of  Northampton 

Water  Works. 
Edwin  Clark. 
Francis  W.  Shepherd. 


170  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

William  Judd.  The  last  of  the  Judds  that  con- 
tinued at  Horse  Mountain. 

Abner  B.  Warner.  Son  of  Oliver.  Graduated  at 
Williams  1833,  and  at  Gilmanton  Seminary, 
1834.  Pastor  at  Milford,  N.  H.,  and  Medford, 
fourteen  years. 

George  Day. 

Oliver  Jones. 

Ebenezer  Strong. 

Medad  Strong. 

Oliver  Warner,  Jr.  Graduated  at  Williams  1841. 
For  fourteen  years  Secretary  of  State.  State 
Librarian  and  Clerk  of  Board  of  Education. 

Elijah  Allen.  The  third  of  this  name,  at  Roberts 
Meadow  many  years.  Married,  1849,  Lovisa 
Clark,  Westhampton. 

Asa  Strong. 

Elihu  Judd. 

John  Smith. 

William  Fisk. 

Henry  B.   Wolcott. 

Neal  Sebastm. 

Susan  Wright. 

Hannah  Clayton. 

Julia  Ann  Hunt. 

Elvira  Ann  Smith. 

Eunice  Cramp. 


JOSEPH  penny's  ministry.  171 

Charles  Starkweather. 

Elizabeth  McNeal. 

Mary  Phelps. 

Mary  A.   Graves. 

Lucy  E.  Dewey.  Daughter  of  David  L.  Dewey  of 
Roberts  Meadow.  She  married  Rev.  Josiah  Clark, 
Jr.,  who  filled  important  positions  in  Northamp- 
ton the  last  sixteen  years  of  his  life. 

Ebenezer  W.  Strong. 

Louisa  Bakeman. 

Julia  Bowers. 

Rachel  Clark.     Afterwards  at  Southampton. 

Elizabeth  W.  Wright. 

Clarinda  Richards. 

1836. 

Charles  A.  Dewey.  Came  to  Northampton  1826. 
Law  partner  of  Isaac  C.  Bates.  District  Attor- 
ney in  1830.  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
1837-66.     Father  of  three  graduates. 

Theresa  H.  Bates.  Daughter  of  the  foregoing, 
Hon.  Isaac,  U.  S.  Senator.  Married  L.  J.  Dud- 
ley, Esq. 

Dea.   Asa  Marble. 

Mrs.   Silence  Marble. 

Phebe  Strong. 


172  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.  Electa  Smith,  wife  of  Justin  Smith,  Jr. 

Sidney  P.  Williams.  Son  of  Dea.  Bliphalet. 
Graduated  at  Yale  1829,  and  at  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons.  Settled  in  Philadel- 
phia. 


CHAPTER    IX. 

Ministry  of  Rev.   diaries    Wiley,    November  7, 
1837— February  9,  1845. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1837. 

Harriet  N.   Mather. 

David  Warner. 

Louisa  Chapin.  A  native  of  Hatfield.  Her  home 
was  in  the  family  of  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Asahel  Ly- 
man at  South  Farms.  She  Married,  1842,  Wil- 
liam D.  Clapp,  member  of  School  Committee. 
Taught  at  Williston  Seminary.  An  excellent 
man,  a  gifted  preacher. 

Seth  Warner. 


1838. 


Mrs.  Lydia  Clark. 
Margaret  Clark. 
Clarissa  Curtis. 
Clarissa  Curtis,  Jr. 
Sarah  M.   Wright. 


(173) 


174  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

1840. 
Mrs.   Marcia  H.  Wright. 
Theodore  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Theodore  Parsons. 
Anna  Parsons. 
Mrs.  Electa  S.  Strong. 
Pamelia  Strong. 
Seth  Parsons. 
Hannah    H.    Lyman.     Daughter    of    Jonathan    H. 

Esq.,    married    Rev.    Charles    Mason    of    Grace 

Church,  Boston. 
Mary  C.   Dickinson.     Sister  of  George  P.,  57  Elm 

street. 
William  A.  Graves. 
Elizabeth  W.   Hubbard. 
Fanny  W.  Lyman.     Married  and  lived  in  Michigan. 

Home  in  Ohio. 
Sarah    P.    Hubbard.     Married  ;    her    home   was  in 

Michigan. 
Adaline  F.    Woodward. 
Emily  Davis. 
Harriet  A.   Smith. 
Isabel  Lyman. 
Martha  C.  Hitchcock. 
Franklin  K.   Hitchcock. 
Alexander  Wright. 
Ansel  C.   Parsons. 


CHARLES   WILEY'S   MINISTRY.  175 

Edward  C.   Strong. 

Mrs.   Ruth  Wright. 

Martha  S.  Phelps. 

Maria  L.   Phelps. 

Abby  P.   Parsons. 

Sophia  K.   Parsons. 

Clarissa  Stebbins. 

Clara  L.   Allen. 

Adrianna  S.  Allen.  Married,  1855,  Rev.  Charles 
Hammond,  for  twenty-five  years  Principal  of 
Monson  Academy. 

Cornelia  Wells. 

Cornelia  H.  Wells. 

William  F.  Knapp. 

Lydia  H.   Knapp. 

Harriet  Allen. 

Martha  Tower. 

Chloe  C.  Atkins. 

Sarah  L.   Wright. 

Lucinda  Breck. 

Elizabeth  Breck. 

Fanny  Smith.  Daughter  of  Justin,  Sr.  Sister  of 
Mrs.  Mary  Tenney. 

Lydia  Smith. 

Fanny  Phelps. 

Dianthe  C.  Lee.  Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Sem- 
inary, 1845.  She  married,  1848,  Rev.  William 
Bates.     Preached  thirteen  years  at   Northbridge. 


176  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Dorcas  A.   Clark. 

Martha  A.   Weller. 

Nancy  Wright. 

Rev.  Wm.  Allen,  D.  D.  President  of  two  colleges, 
Dartmouth,  N.  H.,  and  Bowdoin,  Me.  Removed 
to  Northampton,  1839.  Delivered  the  second 
Centennial  Address  at  Northampton,  Oct.  29th, 
1854. 

Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Allen,  Elizabeth  L.  Allen,  Charlotte 
F.  Allen.  Wife  and  two  daughters  of  President 
Allen.  Elizabeth  L.  married,  1843,  Rev.  Henry 
B.  Smith,  Prof,  of  Theology  in  Union  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  New  York  City.  Charlotte  F. 
married,   1841,   Rev.   Erastus  Hopkins. 

Susan  W.  Clark.  Married,  1849,  Rev.  Josiah  Ty- 
ler, missionary  to  South  Africa  for  forty  years. 

Hannah  Elwell. 

1841. 
Nancy  Parsons. 
Jane  Anna  Cook. 
Joseph  Lathrop.     Merchant  on  Shop  Row,  firm  of 

Stoddard  &  Lathrop. 
Abba  A.   Lathrop. 
Sydenham  Parsons.     Druggist,  member  of  the  First 

Church  choir. 
Mrs.   Mary  L.   Williams. 


Charles  wiley's  ministry.  17? 

Erastus  Slate. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Slate. 

1842. 

Mrs.   Mary  Miller. 

Mira  Chapin. 

Hannah  W.   Lyman. 

Eunice  Hunt. 

Nancy  E.   Warner. 

Emily  C.  Shepherd. 

Julius  Phelps.  Son  of  Capt.  Julius.  Homestead 
the  same  as  his  father's  in  Florence. 

Marietta  B.   Levake. 

Lydia  A.   Clark. 

Jane  S.  Daniels.  Married,  1844,  Hon.  Oliver  War- 
ner, Secretary  of  Massachusetts. 

Caleb  Clapp. 

Sara  Maria  Clapp. 

Roland  Weller. 

Zenas  Joy.     He  originated  in  Plainfield. 

William  Strong,  Hawley  street.  Reserved  one  acre 
of  his  father  Joseph's  home  lot  where  he  lived. 
Number  of  his  children  nine. 

George  Sergeant.  A  clerk  in  Stoddard  &  Lathrop's 
store. 

George  A.  Abbott. 

Ozro  Hillman. 
12 


178  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Silas  D.  Thayer. 

Francis  Hunn. 

Aaron  Breck,  Jr.  Moved  to  Lawrence,  Kansas, 
where  the  family  resides. 

Levi  Parsons. 

Lewis  C.   White. 

Oshea  Walker. 

Thaddeus  Gooch. 

John  Adams. 

Mrs.  Abby  S.   Adams. 

Harriet  Eliza  Strong. 

Abigail  J.   Shepherd. 

Lucius  A.  Clapp. 

Elizabeth  N.  Thayer. 

Samuel  Breck.  Son  of  Aaron,  graduated  at  Brown 
University,  1848.  Taught  in  several  places. 
Gave  up  teaching  and  came  home  to  rest.  Sick- 
ness ensued.     He  deceased  1853. 

George  Shepherd.  In  company  with  Nathan  Dike- 
man,  hatters. 

Julia  Ann  Janes. 

Martha  A.  Janes. 

Josiah  W.   Smith. 

Jane  Sophia  Smith. 

Julia  R.   Phelps. 

Marion  Laidlow. 


CHARLES   WILEY'S   MINISTRY.  17!) 

1843. 

Justus  Boies.  From  Blandford.  His  daughter, 
Jane  Louisa,  married,  1845,  Rev.  Joel  Lyman 
Dickinson. 

Mrs.  Justus  Boies. 

Caroline  E.  Boies. 

Amelia  Clark. 

Sophia  Clark. 

Ann  G.  Willis. 

Franklin  Haskell. 

Eliza  P.  Wiley.  Wife  of  Rev.  Charles  Wiley,  pas- 
tor of  First  Church,  1837-45. 

Mary  H.  Pond. 

Cephas  Phelps. 

Sophia  Allen. 

Martha  J.   Parsons. 


1844. 


Esther  Slate. 
Joseph  M.   Kellogg. 
Sarah  Dwight. 
Mary  Ann  Wood. 
Lois  Brewster. 
Emeline  Clark, 
Lydia  A.  Clark. 
Mrs.   Martha  Clapp. 
Electa  Allen. 


180  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

1845. 
David  B.  Phelps. 
Jesse  Mclntire. 
Mary  Mclntire. 
Hatty  B.   H.   Bull. 
Adelia  Shepherd. 
Mrs.  Corinth  E.  Bartlett. 
Olivia  Noble. 
David  S.  Sheldon.     Graduated  at  Middlebury,  1831. 

Principal  of  Northampton    High    School.     Prof. 

in  Griswold  College,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
Mrs.    Mary  L.   Sheldon. 
Lewis  Mclntire. 
Mrs.   Margaret  Mclntire. 
J.  W.  Smith,  M.  D.     A  dentist.     His  successor  was 

Dr.  Thomas  W.  Meokins. 
Mrs.   Clarinda  Smith. 


CHAPTER   X. 


Ministry  of  Rev.  E.    Y.  Swift,   November  10, 
1845— September  22,  1851. 

Admissions.— Historical  Items. 

1846. 

James  Lyman.  Brother  of  Henry  the  martyr  mis- 
sionary.    Lived  at  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Frances  P.   Lyman. 

Mrs.  Levi  Strong. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.   Bray. 

Elihu  King. 

Rev.  C.  J.  Tenny,  D.  D.  Resigned  pastoral  labors 
ou  account  of  failure  of  voice.  Dr.  Sprague 
styles  him  "a  man  of  princely  intellect."  His 
daughter  married  Judge  William  Allen. 

Ruth  C.  Tenny. 

Lydia  Morton. 

Catharine  Gilfillan.  Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke 
Seminary,    1852. 

Electa  B.  Lee. 

(181) 


182  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Catharine  L.  Swift.     Wife  of  the  pastor,   Rev.    E. 

Y.   Swift. 
G.   H.  King. 
Charlotte  King. 
Ebenezer  T.  Wood. 
Betsey  R.   Wood. 
Robert  Chase. 
Andrew  S.  Wood.     A  druggist,  succeeded  Winthrop 

Hillyer     on     Shop    Row.        Afterward    lived    in 

Montreal. 
William  Boies.     Son  of   Justus,  studied   and  prac- 
ticed law  in  Northampton.     In  the  life  insurance 

business. 
Silas  D.   Childs. 
Jonathan  H.    Lyman.     A   physician,  afterwards  in 

California.     Grandson  by    marriage   of    the   first 

President  Dwight  of  Yale  College. 
Samuel  B.   Bridgman. 
Reuben  Pierce. 
Jonathan    Brewster.      Kept    the    Mansion    House, 

which  stood  near  the  present  Catholic  Church. 
Moses  Gilfillan.     Father  of  Thomas  and  James. 
Elizabeth  Gilfillan. 
Anna  M.  Phelps. 
Eliza  D.   Claflin. 
Harriet  W.  Claflin. 
Persis  L.   Clark. 


E.  Y.  swift's  ministry.  183 

Augusta  C.  Abbott. 

Elizabeth  C.    Pomeroy,  Elm    street.      Daughter   of 

Elihu. 
Mary  Annette  Allen. 
Eliza  C.  Allen. 
Henrietta  M.  Slate. 
Helen  A.    Slate. 
Elizabeth  M.   Strong. 
Harriet  Elwell. 
Sarah  M.   Brown. 
Caroline  R.   Kellogg. 
Roxana  G.  Starkweather. 
Almira  Starkweather. 
Eliza  Starkweather. 
Julia  A.  Graves. 

Mercy  Morgan. 

Mrs.  Mary  D.  Bush. 

Nathaniel  C.   Gleason. 

Mrs.  Mary  Gleason. 

Sarah  Clark. 

David  Strong. 

Georgiana  M.   Wright.     Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke 
Seminary  in  the  class  of  1852. 

Susan  C.  Breck. 

Catharine    E.    Lee.     Graduated    at    Mt.    Holyoke 
Seminary,  1854. 

Martha  B.  Kingsley. 


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184  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mary  L.  Kingsley,  West  street. 

Caroline  R.  Parsons.     Daughter   of  Capt.  Samuel, 

West  street. 
Elizabeth  H.   Strong. 
Caroline  M.   Durant. 
Catharine  Clark. 
Snsan  S.   Stebbins. 
Nancy  H.  Powers. 
Julia    W.    Shepherd.     Daughter    of   George,    King 

street. 
Sarah  E.  Bois,  Gothic  street.     Daughter  of  Justus. 
Lucy  A.   Wade. 
Harriet  Davis. 

Caroline  B.   Dewey.     Daughter  of  Judge  Chas.  A. 
Martha  P.   Lyrnan.     Home  afterward  in  Boston. 
Jane  Elwell  and  Harriet  Elwell,  Water  street. 
Olive    Converse    and    Wealthy    Slate.       Lived    on 

North  street. 
Mary  S.  Davis. 
Barton  Bisbee  and  Sarah  G.  Bisbee.      Removed  to 

Springfield,  Illinois. 

1847. 

Mrs.  Frances  Hanners  and  Mary  A.  Hanners,  Elm 

street.     Came  from  Charlemont. 
Fanny  W.   Hayden. 
Harriet  C.  Elwell. 


E.  Y.  swift's  ministry.  185 

Harriet  E.   Davis. 

Helen  M.  Clark. 

Sarah  W.  Allen. 

Ann  Sophia  Allen. 

Mrs.     Hannah    D.    Clark    and    Helen    M.     Clark. 

Mother  and  daughter,  Maple  street. 
Mrs.  Experience  D.  Kellogg. 
Frances  C.  Bascom. 
Mary  Bascom. 
Martha  A.  Strong. 
Sophia  Chester. 
Franklin  Stiles. 
Mrs.  Roxana  Stiles. 
Mrs.  Sophia  P.  Strong.     Wife  of  William,  Hawley 

street. 
Nancy  J.  Parsons. 
Martha  S.  Damon,  Boston. 
Frances  S.  Lyman. 
Mrs.   Harriet  A.  Abbott. 
George  Kellogg. 

1848. 

Eliza  M.  Cook. 
Julia  Elliot. 

Mrs.   Frances  E.   Stoddard.     Widow  of   Prof.   Solo- 
mon,  who  deceased  1847,  at  Middlebury,  Vt. 
Mrs.   Amelia  P.  Warner. 


186 


FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 


Charles  H.  Dickinson,  Martha  C.   Dickinson,  Mar- 
ket street. 
Mrs.   Emma  Graves. 
Mrs.  Princes  Wood. 


1849. 


Mrs.   Harriet  Hutchins 
Mrs.   Lucy  B.   Lyman. 
Horace  Clark. 
Mrs.   Mary  Clark. 
Truman  Meekins. 
Polly  Meekins. 
Luthera  Meekins. 
Cordelia  A.  Case. 
Eliza  M.   Barnard. 
Sally  Ann  French. 
Mary  E.  French. 
Lucy  M.  Burnell. 
Francis  Williams. 
Sarah  B.  Delano. 
Moses  Clark. 
Allison  H.  Palmer. 
the  First  Church. 
Mrs.  Ruth  G.  Palmer 
Thomas  Green. 
Mrs.   Sarah  Green. 
Sarah  P.  Green. 


Teacher  of  music,  chorister  in 
Removed  to  Chelsea. 


E.  Y.  swift's  ministry.  187 

1850. 
Nathaniel  Phelps. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Phelps. 

Lois  E.   Dow. 

Mary  H.   Wotton. 

Sarah   K.  Warren. 

Minerva  C.  Brewster.  Married,  1856,  Rev.  Hiram 
Bingham,  Jr.  For  several  years  has  lived  at  the 
Sandwich  Islands.  Has  lately  translated  the 
Bible  for  the  Hawaiian  Foreign  Missionary  So- 
ciety. 

Mary  C.  Dewey. 

Samuel  V.  Sykes. 

Mrs.  Caroline  Sykes. 

Mary  E.  Sykes. 

Catharine  B.  Wood. 

Cornelius  D.  Wood. 

Joseph  Kellogg. 

Hervey  J.   Smith. 

Mary  Smith. 

Lovisa  C.  Allen. 

Samuel  Freeman. 

Lois  Freeman. 

Catharine  Gilfillan.  Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke 
Seminary  1852. 

Anna  C.  Edwards.  Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke 
Seminary,  1859.  Assistant  Principal  of  that 
institution.     Traveling  in  Europe  in  1891. 


188  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Minerva  Smith. 

Elizabeth  H.  Tenny. 

Sarah  P.  Kingsley,  Judith  B.  Kingsley,  of  South 
street. 

Charles  C.   Rust. 

Catharine  Davis. 

Esther  A.  Graves. 

Louisa  Healey.  Married,  1855,  Rev.  Stephen  C. 
Pixley,  a  missionary  to  South  Africa. 

Caroline  Lawrence. 

Joseph  H.  Parsons. 

Edwin  G.  Durant. 

Elizabeth  Adams. 

Charles  B.  Kingsley.  Druggist,  successor  to  An- 
drew Wood.     Chosen  deacon  in  1873. 

John    Warner. 

David  Allen.     Removed  to  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Laura  Day. 

Harriet  Hunt. 

Sarah  E.   Allen. 

1851. 

Mrs.  Esther  A.  Loomis. 
Sarah  C.  Bray. 
Camillus  M.   Chapin. 
Eliza  White. 
Maria  Hubbard. 


E.    Y.    SWIFT'S   MINISTRY.  ISO 

Mrs.  George  Kingsley. 
Mrs.  Susan  F.  Clark. 

1852. 
Mrs.  Frances  P.  Clark.     Removed  to  Plain  field  in 

1873.     Deceased  1891. 
Mrs.    Martha    B.     Whittelsey.     Mother   of    cashier 

Whittelsey,    also    of    Julia    W.    and    Mary    W., 

South  street. 
Mrs.  Julia  Parsons. 
Ruth  Wolcott. 
Rev.  S.  S.  Smith.     Pastor  at  Westminister.    Agent 

for  one    of    the    benevolent   societies.     Lived    at 

Northampton. 
Mrs.   L.  B.  Smith. 
Cornelia  E.  Smith. 
Caleb  Wright. 
Mrs.  Sarah  L.  Wright. 
Amanda  S.   Wright. 


CHAPTER    XI. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  J.  P.   Cleaveland,  April  20, 
1853— July  11,  1855. 

Admissions. — Historical  Items. 

1853. 

James  Williams. 

Nancy  Williams. 

Mrs.  Elvira  Parsons. 

Mrs.  Charlotte  P.  Edwards,  at  Pine  Grove. 

Rev.  John  P.  Cleaveland.  Pastor  at  Detroit,  Sa- 
lem, Cincinnati,  and  Providence. 

Mrs.  Juliana  C.   Cleaveland. 

Susan  P.   Cleaveland. 

William  M.  Lathrop.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1825. 
First  a  lawyer  at  Enfield,  next  in  mercantile 
business.     Later  in  the  insurance  work,    Boston. 

Mrs.   Diana  Dumont. 

Julia  Butler.  Widow  of  Elihu,  editor  of  Commer- 
cial Advertiser  in  New  York. 

Rial  Claflin. 

Hannah  W.   Claflin,   Cherry  street. 
(190) 


J.    P.    CLEAVELAND^   MINISTRY. 


1!»1 


Charles  C.   Claflin. 

Alfred  Hunt.     Son  of  Dr.  David.     For  many  years 

lived  in  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Sarah  W.  Hunt. 

1854. 

Caroline  S.   Moore,   Warner  District. 

Clarissa  Trumbull. 

Chloe  M.  Hunt. 

Lois  P.   Lyman. 

Cornelia  Collins.  Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Sem- 
inary, 1857.  Afterwards  Cornelia  C.  Ward, 
Holyoke. 


1855. 


1856. 


Theodore  Burt. 
Sarah  H.  Burt. 
Mary  B.   D wight. 

Mary  W.   Newton. 
Adelia  C.  Phelps. 

1857. 
Mrs.   Helen  V.   Searle. 
Mrs.  Emeline  C.  Wright,  West  Farms. 
Mrs.  Caroline  Hillman. 
Spencer  Parsons,  Pine  Grove. 


192  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Daniel  Strong.     Son  of  Joseph,  Hawley  street.    He 

reserved  one  acre  for  his  homestead. 
Rachel  Strong. 
Susan  D.  Phelps. 
Mrs.   Clarissa  M.  Smith. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Parsons. 
Mrs.   Harriet  E.   Parsons. 

Mrs.  Pamelia  Fitts,     Removed  to  Sunderland. 
Emeline  C.  Bourne. 


CHAPTER    XII. 


Minis! nj  of  Rev.  Zachary  Eddy,  March  3, 
1858— April  1,  1867. 

Admissions. — Historical  Items. 

1858. 

Rev.  Zachary  Eddy.  Twelfth  pastor  of  North- 
ampton First  Church.  Published  a  Church 
Manual  in  1860. 

Mrs.  Malvina  R.  Eddy. 

George  L.  Wright,  from  Westhampton.  Chosen 
deacon   1877.     Residence  42  South  street. 

Betsey  Bentley. 

Leonard  H.  Field.  Went  into  business  in  Jackson, 
Michigan. 

Submit  Field  and  Dency  L.  Field.  Resided  on 
Union  street. 

Samuel  T.  Spaulding.  Settled  in  Northampton, 
1856.  District  Attorney  for  nine  years.  Ap- 
pointed Judge  of  Probate,  1872. 

Isabella  Simpson. 

13  (193) 


194  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Haynes  K.  Starkweather,    Jr.      Chosen    deacon   in 
^1873.     Martha  P.  Starkweather,  Maple   street. 
A.     Lyman    Williston.      President    First    National 

Bank.     One  of  the  deacons  of  the  First  Church. 

Home  on  Round  Hill. 
Hannah  M.   Williston.     Married,  1864,  Rev.  George 

S.   Bishop,  D.  D.,  pastor  at  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Martin  L.  Williston.     Pastorates  in  several   places. 

Professor  at  Carleton  College,  Northfield,  Minn. 
John  Whittelsey.     Cashier    Northampton    National 

Bank.     Trustee  and  Treasurer  of   Cooley  Dickin- 
son Hospital. 
Henry  Roberts. 

Addison  W.   Beals.     Removed  to  Warren,  Mass. 
Edward  L.    Bartlett.     Residence  New  York  City. 
Theodore  Bartlett. 
Mary  Jane  Church. 
Julia  E    Clark. 
David  B.  Claflin. 
Mary  J.   Perigo. 
Charles  Hillman. 
Mind  well  K.    Parsons. 
Charles  T.   Parsons. 
Mary  S.   Lathrop,  Abby  P.   Lathrop,    Elizabeth  D. 

Lathrop,  Hawley  street. 
Caroline  M.    Kingsley,    Nancy    E.    Kingsley,   West 

street. 


ZACHARY    EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  195 

Maria  A.  Bliss. 

James  H.  Searle.     One  of  the   First    Church    dea- 
cons. 
John   B.    Augur    and    Charles    Smith.     Associated 

together  in  the  tailoring  business. 
George  Shepherd. 
Theodore    P.     Clark     and    Charles     Edgar    Clark, 

brothers.     Sons  of    Elijah  and    Mrs.    Frances    P. 

Clark.     Both  died  several  years  ago. 
Lyman  N.   Clark,  at  Pine   Grove. 
Webster  Bartholomew.     Residence  at  Canton,  N.  Y. 
Elizabeth  Simpson,  Spring  Dale. 
L.   Maria  Merwin. 
Lucy  A.  Kellogg. 
John   W.  Hubbard. 
Thomas  W.  Levake. 
Anna  E.  Levake. 

Charles  C.  Wells.     Druggist  at  Saratoga  Springs. 
Ruth  S.  Breck. 
Sarah  M.   Burt,  Fanny  H.   Burt,  Harriet  E.   Burt, 

Home  on  Union  street. 
Elias  A.  Pike,  Elizabeth  M.    Pike,    and    Mary   A. 

Pike.     Residence  on  Maj)le  street. 
Lucy  Parsons. 
George  B.   Drury,  Sarah  P.   S.    Drury,    and    Sarah 

H.    Drury,    at     Loudville.       Superintendent    of 

Schools.     Recently  deceased. 


196  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

William    B.     Hale.     Formerly    President    of    First 

National  Bank,  Northampton. 
Harriet  A.  Hale. 
Mary  S.   Lee. 
J.   S.   Lathrop. 
Elizabeth  S.   Lathrop. 
Albert  H.   Kingsley. 
William  M.   Barnard. 
William  Bliss. 
Martin  L.   Clapp. 

Frederic  C.  Hillman.     Removed  to  South  Deerfield. 
Edward  M.  Kingsley. 
J.   Dwight  Kellogg. 
Elijah  D.   Clapp. 
Mary  Clapp. 
Martha  A.  Clark. 
Emma  C.  Bliss. 
Frances  C.   Hunt. 
Mary  E.  Shepherd. 
Frances  A.   Phelps. 
Martha  M.   Phelps. 
Ellen  W.  Converse. 
Helen  M.  Clapp. 
Mary  Edwards. 
Elizabeth  H.   Clark. 
Abby   P.   Lathrop. 
Elizabeth  D.    Lathrop. 


ZACHARY   EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  197 

Alfred  J.   Munyan. 

Jonathan  E.   Collins. 

Laurentla  P.   Collins. 

William  P.  Derby. 

Susan  E.  Clark. 

Helen  E.   Phelps. 

Sarah  T.   Stoddard.     Daughter  of    Prof.    Solomon, 

,  Married,  1861,  Hon.  A.  L.  Williston,  President 
First  National  Bank. 

Louisa  G.  Stoddard.  Daughter  of  Prof.  Solomon, 
married,  1869,  Martin  Luther  Williston,  who 
studied  in  Germany.     Prof,  in  Carleton  College. 

George  W.   Edwards,  at  Pine  Grove. 

Frances  A.   Clark. 

Ozro  C.  Wright. 

Ellen  M.  Kingsley. 

Sarah  W.   Lyman. 

Mary  Jane  Simpson. 

Sarah  B.   Foster. 

Sarah  E.  Parsons. 

Emily  Kingsley. 

Sarah  C.   Bridgman. 

Elizabeth  P.   Knapp. 

Joseph  B.  Whitehouse. 

Martha  A.  Whitehouse. 

Mary  El  well. 

Lizzie  H.  Stockwell. 


198  FIRST   CHURCH    IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Emily  S.   Love. 
Martha  R.  Birge. 

1859. 
Edward  W.  Curtis.     Removed  to  Cambridgeport. 
Mary  E.  Ferry. 
Anna  E.   Clark. 
Elizabeth  C.  Kingsley. 
Mary  Baker. 
Jane  A.   Baker. 
Clarissa  E.  Clark. 
Jemima  H.  Thayer. 
Elizabeth  B.  Lyman. 
George  W.  Perigo. 
Sally  H.  Perigo. 
Elbridge  Kingsley. 
Mercy  Moody. 
Clarissa  Hancock. 
Laura  A.   Perkins. 
Sarah  C.   Strong. 
Ebenezer  W.  Strong. 
Mrs.  E.  W.  Strong. 

George  D.  Clark.     Druggist,    under     the    firm    of 
Clark  &  Parsons. 


1860. 


Elizabeth  Wood. 
Mary  S.  Claflin. 


ZACHARY   EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  199 

Nathan  Clark. 
Polly  W.   Clark. 
Edson  P.  Clark. 
Betsey  Cutler. 

1861. 

Mrs.   Fleming. 

Reuben  H.  Nims. 

Catherine    E.     Tyler.       Grand-daughter    of     Hon. 

Eliphalet  Williams. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Manly. 
S.   Russell  Butler.     Graduated  at    Williams,    1858. 

A  missionary  for  twelve  years   on    the    Labrador 

coast. 
George  L.  Shaw. 
Mary  Ann  Shaw. 
Chloe  Parsons. 
Erasta  K.  Wells. 

1862. 

James  C.  Arms. 

Mary  S.  W.  Arms. 

Achsah  G.   Gaylord. 

Cyrus  White. 

James  L.  Warriner,  from    Springfield.     Connected 

with  Northampton  National  Bank.     Removed  to 

Pittsfield. 


200  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Isaac  R.  Clark. 

Sarah  R.   Clark. 

M.  Josephine  Kellogg. 

Mrs.   Catharine  J.   Prince. 

Elizabeth  P.   Wright.     Graduated   at   Mt.   Holyoke 

Seminary,  1869. 
Charlotte  E.  Graves. 
Heman  White,  Jr. 
Clarissa  White. 
Mrs.   Maria  Noble. 
*  Mrs.  Amanda  Edwards. 
Almira  A.   Eames. 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Olmsted. 
Henry  Tucker  and  Amelia    E.    Tucker.     Removed 

to  the  west. 

1863. 

Timothy  P.  Phelps. 
Anna  Phelps,  West  Farms. 
Sophronia  Starkweather. 
William  Richardson. 
John  M.  Knox. 
Jerusha  E.  Warner. 
Elizabeth  0.  Baker. 

Edith    M.    Eddy,    daughter    of    Rev.    Dr.    Eddy. 
Known  by  her  writings. 


ZACHARY   EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  201 

Henry  A.   Dwight.     Son    of   Cecil.     Graduated    at 

Williams,  1829.     Taught  at  Norfolk,  Va.     After 

the  war  he  lived  in  Northampton. 
Lucia  D.  Dwight. 
Achsa  L.   Shumway. 
Helen  Gilfillan,     graduated,   1854,  at  Mt.  Ilolyoke 

Seminary.       Afterwards    Mrs.     H.      G.      Collins, 

Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Lnthera  F.   Norton. 
Eliza  Towne. 
Willis  W.  Clapp. 
Charles  F.  Warner. 
Lucy  A.  Ayres. 
George  Bennett. 
Francis  P.  Searle. 
Everett  R.  Sanders. 
Harriet  E.  Brooks. 
Henrietta  Strong,  Hospital  Hill. 
Abby  P.   Burnham. 

1864. 
Julia  H.   Strong. 
Harriet  Williams. 
Henry    F.  Williams    and    Sarah    F.    Williams,    21 

Pomeroy  Terrace. 
Margaret  Dickey. 
William  A.  Clark. 


202  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

George  E.  B.  Howard. 

Helen  D.   Howard. 

S.  W.  Lee,  Jr.     Organist  of  First  Church  in  1884. 

Hephzibah  Lee. 

Frances  Livermore. 

Lucy  Phelps. 

Rosetta  E.  Crossett. 

Sarah  Norris. 

Milo  Loveland. 

Mary  M.   Loveland. 

James  Allen. 

Otis  A.  Skilton. 

Adaline  M.  Skilton. 

Hattie  C.  Davis. 

Ella  S.  Thompson. 

Sarah  J.   Strong. 

Effie  Warner. 

L.  W.  Joy.  From  Hawley.  The  fourteenth  post- 
master in  Northampton.  Held  the  office  twenty- 
four  years. 

Rebecca  W.  Joy. 

John  Hunt  Hastings. 

E.  Williams  Tyler,  lawyer,  Peckham  &  Tyler, 
Trinity  Building,  N.  Y.  City. 

Wilbert  A.  North. 

Mary  A.  Knapp. 

Eliza  Ring. 


ZACHARY   EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  203 

Josiah     Bakeman,    Helen    E.     Bakeman,    Lincoln 

avenue. 
Mary  E.  Wright. 
Allen  S.  Clark. 
Charles  S.  Thayer. 
Theodore  Gladden,  Jr. 
Joseph  P.  Pray. 
Esther  E.  Moody. 
Nathaniel  S.   Graves. 
Mary  J.  Graves. 
Harriet  C.  Graves. 
Viola  M.  Graves. 
L.  Myron  Kidder. 
Josephine  E.  Kingsley. 
Lucinda  Cook. 
Susan  L.  Hillman. 
Pelatiah  Pray. 
J.   Edwards  Parsons. 
Alvah  L.  Bartlett.      Grandson   of   Preserved,    who 

built  on  South  street  1792. 
Edward  French. 
William  S.  Kingsley. 
Fanny  M.  Strong. 
Susan  A.  Pray. 
Ohadiah   Hastings. 
Sarah  R.  Hastings. 
Jennie  J.  Corser. 


204  FIRST    CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Marietta  C.   Copeland. 

Rev.   Ephraim  Lyman.     Removed  to  Northampton 

1864.     Spent  his  last  years  in  Minnesota. 
Hannah  D.   Lyman. 
Lucy  D.  F.    Lyman. 
George  R.  Lyman. 
Ellen  H.  Lyman. 
Minerva  Hart. 
Julia  Brown. 

1865. 

Henry  J.  Walker. 
Phila  A.  Walker. 
Jonathan     P.     Strong.     By    occupation    a    mason. 

Long  a  member  of  the  First  Church  choir. 
Levi  Parsons  Morton. 
Lucy  E.  Dewey. 
Mary  E.  Clark. 
Noah  H.  Lee. 
Caroline  A.   Nutting. 
H.  J.   Rudd. 
Annie  C.  Rudd. 
Orrin  E.  Livermore. 
Elizabeth  L.  Livermore. 
Andrew  S.  Cook. 
Marion  A.  Cook. 
Elizabeth  L.   Baker. 


ZACHARY    EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  205 

Julia  Prentiss. 

Lewis  H.  Fellows. 

Elizabeth  R.  Fellows. 

William  P.  Strickland.  Graduated  at  Williams 
1858.  Admitted  to  the  Bar  1861.  Clerk  of  the 
Courts  1864.  Judge  of  the  District  Court.  Dea- 
con of  First  Church. 

Mary    Strickland. 

Sarah  Strong.  Daughter  of  Jonathan,  South  street. 
A  teacher  ;  taught  in  the  same  school  building 
on  Center  street  over  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
Shortened  her  days  by  teaching. 

Sarah  C.   Phelps. 

J.  Hunt  Butler.  Bookseller  on  Shop  Row.  Father 
of  several  graduates.  President  of  Northampton 
National  Bank. 

Sarah  M.   Butler. 

1866. 

Mrs.  E.  P.   Strickland. 
Laura  L.  Davenport. 
Mary  H.   Northam. 
Harriet  W.  Harrington. 
Erastus  C.  Hall. 
Elizabeth  Hall. 

Oliver  Walker.  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Hampshire  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co. 


206  FIRST  CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Virginia  Clark. 

Catharine  Slate. 

Catharine  S.  Kingsley. 

George  S.  Seymour. 

Mary  F.  Clark.  Graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Semi- 
nary, 1865. 

Lizzie  A.  Clark.  Taught  Kindergarten  School  in 
Northampton. 

Ella  L.  North. 

Mary  Anna  Parsons. 

Harriet  Lyman,  Sarah  C.  Lyman,  Bridge  street 
and  Grant  avenue. 

Horace  Lamb,  Harriet  H.  Lamb,  14  High  street. 

Emily  S.  Church. 

1867. 
James  O'Neil. 
Eunice  C.   Walcott. 
Sarah  J.  Prouty. 
Mrs.  Margaret  J.   Hooker. 
David  E.  Phillips. 
Mrs.  Lucy  E.  Morton. 
Emily  W.  Fairman. 
William  P.  Starkweather. 
Charles  D.   Hastings. 
Farnum  E.  Sawin. 

John  A.  Prentiss.  Formerly  Sexton  of  First 
Church. 


ZACHARY    EDDY'S   MINISTRY.  20? 

Fred  W.  Lyman. 

Albert  M.   Loyd. 

Phebe  Loyd. 

Egbert  I.   Clapp.     City  Clerk  of  Northampton. 

Austin  Hayden. 

Mrs.   E.  B.   Hayden. 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Converse. 

Mrs.   Mary  Saulsbury. 

Mrs.   Alma  I.   Day. 

Mrs.   Betsey  S.  Livermore. 

Anna  E.   Price. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  D.  Kirkland. 

Susan  A.   Williams. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 


Rev.   William  8.  Leavitfs  Ministry,  1867—1881. 

Admissions. — Historical  Items. 

18G7. 
Mrs.  Theodosia  H.  Leavitt. 

18G8. 

Sarah  J.   Gibbs. 

Mrs.  Felicia  S.  Burt. 

Mrs.   Clarissa  Fox. 

Mrs.  Martha  A.  Turner. 

Maria  N.  Dewey.  Daughter  of  Judge  Charles  A. 
Dewey. 

Mrs.   Sarah  Marshall. 

Mrs.   Lucretia  Smith. 

James  Dickson  Clark.  Son  of  Charles,  grandson 
of  Dea.  Luther.  Graduated  at  Williams,  1848. 
Studied  law  and  admitted  to  practice,  1851. 
Taught  in  Brooklyn,  1855-64.  Published  Bio- 
graphical Record    of    Kappa    Alpha    Society    of 

Williams  College,  1881. 

(208) 


WILLIAM   S.    LEAVITT'S   MINISTRY.  209 

Mrs.   Catharine  A.   Edwards. 

Mrs.  Susan  R.  Boies.  Wife  of  William  Boies,  who 
practiced  law  in  Northampton.  In  1871  he  re- 
moved to  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Evans  B.  Harding.  Graduated  at  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  Bowdoin  College,  1863.  Located  in 
Northampton,   1864. 

Mrs.  E.   B.   Harding. 

1869. 

Mary    C.     Dickinson.     Had    a    private    school    on 

King  street. 
Ann   McLaughlin. 
Mrs.   Lydia  W.   Williams. 
Fred  G.  Hastings. 
Isaac  D.   Smith. 
Mrs.   I.   D.   Smith. 
Fanny  J.   Walker. 
J.   B.   Ackerman. 
Mrs.   E.   G.   Ackerman. 
Mary  H.    Ackerman. 
Henry  A.   Wright. 
Jennie  Wright. 
George  S.   Hunt,  Mrs.    Fanny   S.   Hunt,   19    South 

street.     He  originated  in  Goshen. 
Newton  Thayer. 
14 


210  FIRST   CHURCH   IN  NORTHAMPTON. 

Frank  Clifford  Lyman.     Graduated  at  Yale,  1876. 

Taught  in  New  York    City,    also    in    Peeksville, 

N.  Y. 
William  H.   Nowell,  Mrs.   W.   H.  Nowell.     He  was 

chosen  deacon  of  the  First  Church  in  1877. 
Elizabeth  Anna  Dwight. 

1870. 
Mrs.   Henry  R.  Hinckley.     Wife  of  Henry  Rose  II. 

By  profession  a  lawyer.      He    was    lieutenant   in 

Mass.   Cavalry  in  the  Rebellion. 
Mrs.   Lucy  M.  Webb. 
Maria  L.   Wood. 
Alfred  Starkweather. 
Mrs.  Fannie  A.   Starkweather. 
Eliza  J.  Witherell. 
Mrs.  I.   R.    Miner. 
Catharine  D.   F.  Sergeant. 
Nellie  E.  Kellogg. 
Fanny  A.  Edwards. 
Mary  G.   Leavitt. 
Elizabeth  L.  Fairman. 
Susie  H.  Lyman. 
Jennie  Jenkins. 

1871. 
Charles  H.   Chandler. 
Mrs.  Stella  S.   Chandler. 


WILLIAM   S.    LEAVITT'S   MINISTRY.  211 

Mrs.   M.   E.   Ockington. 

Mrs.  Jane  S.  Benjamin.     Home  on  Hawley  street, 

daughter  of  William  Butler,  who  started  in  1786 

the  Hampshire  Gazette. 
Simeon  Dickinson,  Martha  G.   Dickinson,  11   Pom- 

eroy   Terrace.     He  lived  to  he  over  ninety.     Also 

Martini  E.  Dickinson. 
Mrs.   Sarah  T.   Lacore. 

1872. 

Mr.   Elijah  H.   Bartlett. 

Mrs.   Elijah  H.   Bartlett. 

Anna  Wright,   Olive  A.   Wright,  14    Bridge  street. 

Samuel  A..  Fisk,  Jr.  Graduated  at  Yale,  1877. 
Studied  medicine  in  Boston.  Physician  at  Den- 
ver. 

Mary  J.  Dawson. 

Anna  E.   Fowle.     Home  at  Michigamme,   Mich. 

Mr.  Franklin  Howes. 

Mrs.   Franklin  Howes. 

Julia  L.  Wolcott.' 

Submit  Clark. 

Julia  R.   Tyler. 

Anna  Wilkinson. 

Widow  Daly. 

Margaret  Daly. 


212  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

1873. 

George  W.  Hubbard.  Treasurer  of  Smith  College, 
Trustee  of  Savings  Bank  and  of  Forbes  Library  ; 
also  of  Hampshire  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co. 
President  of  Cooley  Dickinson  Hospital  ;  Presi- 
dent of  Smith  Charities. 

Mrs.   Philena  T.   Hubbard. 

Mrs.  Caroline  B.  Alvord.  Removed  to  Worcester. 
Mother  of  Rev.   James  C.   Alvord. 

Willis  W.  Clapp. 

Frederic  A.   Hildreth. 

H.   K.   W.  Dickinson. 

Angeline  Dickinson. 

Sidney  Dickinson.  A  journalist.  In  1885  lectured 
on  Art  at  Smith  College. 

Edward  Dickinson.  Son  of  Henry.  Graduated  at 
Amherst  College,  1876.  In  the  musical  profes- 
sion at  Elmira,  N.   Y. 

C.  H.  Dickinson,  Jr.  Graduated  at  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  1878.  Practiced  at 
Faribault,  Minn. 

Andrew  Sawin. 

Mrs.   Mary  J.  Stone. 

Mrs.   Sarah  J.   Bates. 

Mrs.   Sarah  W.  Lyman.     Home  at  Montreal. 

Mrs.   Kitty  L.   Hill. 

Mrs.   W.    P.  Abernathy. 


WILLIAM   S.    LEAVITT'S   MINISTRY.  213 

1874. 

Francis  H.  Stoddard.  Son  of  Prof.  Solomon. 
Graduated  at  Amherst  College,  1869.  At  Oxford 
University  1885.  Professor  in  University  of  New 
York. 

Lucy  M.  Stoddard. 

Jenny  Spaulding. 

Nancy  L.   Miller. 

Sarah  M.  Butler. 

Clara  W.   Lathrop. 

Bessie  Lathrop,  21  Bridge  street. 

Etta  Theresa  B.  Kraus.     Home  in  Boston. 

Mrs.  Sarah  B.   Smith. 

Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Kingsley. 

Arthur  W.  Clark.     Removed  to  Hartford,  Ct. 

Lucy  L.  Strong. 

Lucy  R.  Rutherferd. 

John  M.  Turner. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Turner. 

Lizzie  Turner. 

1875. 
E.  W.  Higbee,  M.  D.     Began  medical   practice   at 
Northampton,  1871.     Made  European  tour,  1881. 
Ida  J.   Parsons. 
Lizzie  G.   Parsons. 
Jennie  W.  Kellogg. 


214  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Elias  C.    Lyman. 

Mrs.  Jane  B.  Crouch. 

Mrs.   Hannah  Belden. 

Rev.  L.  Clark  Seelye,  D.  D.  Graduated  at  Union 
College,  1857.  Studied  Theology  at  Andover  and 
in  Germany.  Pastorate  at  Springfield.  Profes- 
sor of  English  Literature  at  Amherst  College. 
Became  President  of  Smith  College,  1873. 

Mrs.  Henrietta  C.   Seelye. 

Lucia  G.  Loveland,  Annie  B.  Loveland,  35  Mar- 
ket street. 

Myra  G.  Strong. 

1876. 

Mrs.  Fanny  B.  Seymour. 
Elizabeth  P.  Breck. 
Alvah  Foote. 
Mrs.  L.  Elizabeth  Foote. 
Ruth  A.   Parsons. 

1877. 
Myra  No  well. 

William  M.  Parsons.     Removed  to  New  Haven. 
Mrs.  E.  F.    Comstock. 
Mrs.  Harriet  R.    Abbott. 
Ella  B.   Parsons. 
Sarah  W.  Hillman. 


WILLIAM   S.    LEAVITT'S   MINISTRY.  215 

Mrs.   Caroline  E.    Tyler    and    Mary    E.    Tyler,    on 

King  street. 
Frances  M.  Tyler.     Graduated    at    Smith    College, 

1884. 
Sarah  D.  Kellogg.     Graduated  at    Smith    College, 

1881. 
Minnie  M.   Parsons. 
Frank  B.    Parsons.     Home  at   Lorain,  Ohio. 

1878. 
Mrs.  F.  E.  G.  Stoddard. 
Mrs.   Mary  G.   Pelton. 
D.  D.  Gorham.     Graduated  at  Middlebury  College, 

1847.        Taught     in    various    institutions    about 

forty-three  years.     One  of  First  Church  deacons. 

Formerly  Principal  of  High  School. 
Mrs.  D.  D.  Gorham. 
Mary  E.  Gorham.     Graduated  at  Smith  College  in 

the  class  of  1879. 
Nina  P.  Fisk.     Graduated  at  Smith  College,  1884. 
Mary  A.   Burnham,   Sarah    L.    Burnham,    17    Elm 

street. 
Catherine  E.  Worcester. 
Charles    Smith,    Mrs.    Angelina    Smith,    40    King 

street. 

1879. 
Mrs.   Lucy  A.   Mantor. 
Mrs.  Ophelia  A.  Pelton. 


216  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Emma  J.   Rice. 

Arthur  L.   Fisk.     At    New    Haven.     Graduated    at 

Yale,  1883. 
Mrs.  Mary  P.    Bruce,    Maria  E.   Bruce,    3    Market 

street. 
Mrs.  Nettie  B.  Rust. 
Hattie  B.   Comstock. 
Dr.  John    T.    Stoddard.     Graduated    at    Amherst, 

1874.     Studied  in  Europe.     Chosen   Professor  of 

Physics  and  Chemistry  in  Smith  College,  1878. 

1880. 
Harriet  E.   Strong. 
Alvin  L.   Clapp. 
George  P.  Dickinson. 
Mrs.  Mary  R.   Dickinson. 
Anna  M.  Dickinson. 
Charles  E.   Williams. 
Mrs.   Sarah  M.  Shipman. 
Mrs.   C.  E.   Laidley. 
Mrs.  Alvira  A.  Clary. 
Mrs.   Katharine  S.  Leavitt. 
Mrs.  Amelia  P.   Warner. 
Mrs.  Sophia  H.  Parkhurst. 
Ceylon    Moody,  Mrs.    Lucy    E.    Moody,    72    South 

street. 
Mrs.  Mary  C.  Maynard. 


WILLIAM   S.    LEAVITT'S   MINISTRY.  217 

1881. 
Ephraim  L.  Hastings,  Mrs.  Julia  D.    Hastings,  23 

Market  street. 
Charles  E.    Stevens,  Nettie    M.    Stevens,    9   North 

street. 
Mrs.  K.  M.  Wright. 
Lucy  H.   Smith. 
James  C.   Alvord.     Graduated  at  Williams  College, 

1885.     Grandson    of    Judge    Charles    A.    Dewey. 

Pastor  at   Hamilton. 
Sally  M.  Bush. 
Stephen    D.    Hadley.     Superintendent    of    Sabbath 

School  of  the  First  Church. 


CHAPTER   XIV. 


Ministry  of  Rev.  Herbert  W.  Latjie,  1882—1891. 

Admissions. — Historical  Items. 

1882. 
Mrs.   Mary  A.  Jones. 
Ruth  B.  Dickinson. 
Zerviah  C.    Hillman. 
Jennie  D.  Smith. 
Sarah  A.   Clapp. 
Harriet  L.   Hillman.     Graduated  at  Smith  College, 

1884. 
Harriet  C.  Seelye.     Graduated    at    Smith    College, 

1888.     Abigail  T.   Seelye,  Elm  street. 
Minnie  D.  Gibbs. 

Fred  W.  Connolly.     Home  in  Boston. 
Irene  F.  Pratt. 
Rev.   Herbert  W.   Lathe.     Graduated  at  Yale  1873, 

and  at  Andover,    1877.     Pastorate    in    Portland, 

1877-81. 
Mrs.   H.  W.   Lathe. 

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HERBERT   W.    LATHE'S   MINISTRY.  219 

Mrs.  Letitia  D.  Parsons,  Sarah  D.  Parsons,  34 
Bridge  street. 

Almira  E.    Parsons. 

Sophia  C.  Clark.  Graduated  at  Smith  College, 
1882. 

Ellen  P.   Clark. 

Carrie  E.   Strong. 

Mrs.    Eunice  B.  Knowlton. 

Josephine  M.   Clark. 

Nellie  S.   Fairman. 

William  S.  Clark,  Mary  E.  Clark,  and  Abbie  L. 
Clark,  4  School  street. 

John  Hill. 

Adam  Hill. 

Joel  A.  Connolly. 

Dr.  William  A.  Trow.  The  third  of  three  physi- 
cians, brothers.  Dr.  Trow  of  Sunderland,  Dr. 
Trow  of  Buckland,  and  the  above,  29  Pleasant 
street. 

Mrs.  Lizzie  A.  Trow. 

William  Trow.  Graduated  at  Amherst,  1886,  and 
at  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  1890. 

Mary  E.  Trow.     Graduated  at  Smith  College,  1889. 

Mrs.  Adriana  S.   Hammond. 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Thayer. 

Wealthy  A.  Bradford. 

William  Dearden,  Elizabeth  Dearden,  Margie  Dear- 
den,  25  Pleasant  street. 


220  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.  Esther  P.  Phelps. 

Mrs.  Electa  Nims. 

A.  L.  Williston.  A  corporate  member  of  the 
A.   B.  C.   F.  M. 

Mrs.  S.  T.  Williston. 

Lucy  Williston. 

Prof.  J.  B.  Clark.  Graduated  at  Amherst,  1872. 
Professor  in  Carleton  College,  Minn.  Now  Pro- 
fessor at  Smith  College. 

Mrs.  Myra  S.  Clark. 

Charles  H.  Dickinson.  Graduated  at  Amherst, 
1881.  Took  the  Ely  Prize  for  Composition,  Ju- 
nior year,  1880.  Graduated  at  Yale  Theological 
Seminary,   1884. 

Samuel  D.  Smith,  Lavinia  M.  Smith,  23  King 
street. 

Mattie  C.   Burnham. 

Heloise  E.  Hersey,  Hatfield  House. 

Mary  B.  Safford. 

Caroline  Thayer. 

Mrs.   Marietta  K.  Smith. 

1883. 

Charles  B.  Kingsley,  Jr.  Druggist.  Son  and  suc- 
cessor in  business  of  his  father,  Dea.  Charles  B. 
Kingsley. 

Helen  A.  Hillman. 


HERBERT   W.    LATHE'S   MINISTRY.  221 

Sarah  D.   Woodruff. 

Sarah  M.   Marsh. 

Julia  Parsons. 

Theodore    C.    Gladden,     Harriet    C.    Gladden,    36 

Bridge  street. 
Mrs.   Maria  Porier. 
Elijah  Allen,   Lovisa  C.   Allen,    Miriam    L.    Allen, 

43  Elm  street. 
Mary  E.  Clark. 
Waldo  H.    Lamb,    Helen    0.    Lamb,    15    Franklin 

avenue. 
Helen  W.   Shute,  and  Mary  A.   Shute,  members  of 

Smith  College,  1883. 
Kate  B.  Shipman. 
Mary  P.   Fisher. 
Mary  B.   Dwight. 
Henry  E.  Smith. 
Dora  C.   Smith. 
Harriet  N.   Rowland,  Olivia    J.    Rowland,    Juliette 

Rowland,  7  Fruit   street. 

1884. 

Prof.  Benj.  C.  Blodgett.  Born  in  Boston.  Grad- 
uated 1861,  at  University  of  Leipsic,  Germany. 
Professor  of  Music  at  Smith  College. 

Mattie  B.  Blodgett. 

Annie  B.  Bacon. 


222  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Louisa  B.   Adams. 

Anna  W.   Edwards.     Graduated  at  Smith    College, 

1888. 
Carrie  G.   Brigham. 
Elizabeth  A.  Wright. 
Mary  J.   Herrick. 
Mary  L.  Spaulding. 
Nellie  B.  Spaulding.     Graduated  at  Smith  College, 

1886. 
Mary  A.   Maynard. 
Annie  P.   Kellogg.     Graduated   at    Smith    College, 

1888. 
Harriet  L.   Billings. 
Martha  L.  Hadley. 
Josie  P.  Robertson. 
Laura  E.  Sawin. 
Mabel  D.  Kingsley. 
Mrs.  Mary  L.   Lyman. 
Harry  Norman  Gardiner.     Graduated  at  Amherst, 

1878.     Professor  of  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy 

at  Smith  College. 


1885. 


Mrs.   Lydia  A.   Clark. 
Caroline  R.  Clark. 
Bertha  M.  Clark. 
Anna  B.   Strong. 


HERBERT   W.    LATHE'S    MINISTRY.  223 

Mary  A.  Carter. 

Mrs.   Mary  Cloud. 

Emma  E.   Walker. 

Annie  0.   Parsons.     Graduated    at    Smith    College, 

1885. 
Harriet  E.  Parsons. 
Edward  M.  Mills. 
Alice  C.  Mills. 
Sarah  M.    Mills. 
Mattie  M.   Hitchcock. 
Mabel  L.  Leeds. 
Euretta  L.   Damon. 
Edward  P.  Seymour.     Graduated  at  Amherst,  1884. 

1886. 

Mary  A.  Simison. 
Myron  Day. 
Helen  E.  Day. 
George  W.  C.   Stockwell. 

Clarence  W.   Alvord.     Graduated  at    Williams  Col- 
lege, 1891.     Has  the  ministry  in  view. 

1887. 
Marville  M.  Lee. 
Robert  G.  Williams. 
Melinda  B.  Hawley. 
Louise  C.   Patterson. 


224  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Bessie  H.   Kellogg." 

Emma  B.   Starkweather. 

Mary  F.  Merrick. 

Katherine  E.   Phelps. 

Maud  E.   Parsons. 

Mrs.   Martha  A.  Clark. 

Mrs.  Esther  M.  Wetherell. 

Eliza  A.   Wilder. 

Ella  M.   Piatt. 

Harriet  F.  Copeland. 

Eva  M.  Robinson. 

Theresa  B.  Williams. 

Walter  C.  Kingsley. 

Robert  L.  Williston.  A  member  of  Amherst  Col- 
lege. 

Harry  S.  Williston.  Entered  Amherst  College, 
1891  ;  brother  of  the  preceding.  Both  sons  of 
Hon.   A.    L.   Williston. 

Charles  A.   Clark. 

Mary  Hussey. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.   Staab. 

Charlotte  Webber. 

Jessie  Peasely. 

Nellie  C.  Moody. 


1888. 


Susie  Lathrop. 
Mary  L.   Roberts. 


HERBERT   W.    LATHE'S   MINISTRY.  225 

Maud  E.   Strong. 

Lottie  B.  Strong. 

Mrs.  Netta  E.   Higbee. 

Mrs.   E.   A.   Simison. 

Charles  M.  Starkweather.  Graduated  at  Amherst 
College,  1886.  Connected  with  a  University  pa- 
per in  New  York  City. 

Sarah  J.   Edwards. 

Clementine  M.   Davis. 

Ellen  A.  Watson. 

John  L.   Clapp. 

Annie  G.  Snell. 

Mrs.   Martha  M.   Rolfe. 

Cornelia  B.   Strong. 

Bertha  F.   Clapp. 

Myron  L.   Elwell. 

Mrs.   K.  M.   Elwell. 

1889. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth   A.   Wright. 
Charles  M.   Wright. 
Fanny  I.   Hussey. 
Thomas  B.   Ewing. 
Ada  L.   Ewing. 
Mrs.  Clara  Fletcher. 
Annie  F.  Fletcher. 
Hewitt  G.  Fletcher. 
15 


226  FIRST   CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth  Spear. 

Mrs.   Lillian  D.  Fitts. 

Mrs.   Harriet  E.  Bates. 

Mrs.   Diantha  L.   Graves. 

Mrs.  Ellen  Clark. 

Mrs.  Sarah  L.   Clark. 

Mrs.   Annie  A.   Parsons. 

Mrs.   Alice  M.  Walker. 

Anna  M.   Strong. 

Etta  M.   Locke. 

Sarah  L.   Daly. 

Elizabeth  Simison. 

George  H.  Walker. 

Allen  L.   Strong. 

Walter  C.  Seelye.     Preparing  to  enter  college. 

William  G.  Bassett.     Judge  of  Probate  Court. 

Mrs.  Mary  C.  Bassett.     Daughter  of    Rev.    A.    M. 

Colton,  Easthampton. 
Mrs.   Mary  Swift. 
Kufus  Ames. 
Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Ames. 
Lucy  J.  Ames. 
Estie  B.  Ames. 
Addie  Pease. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth  N.   Luques. 
Mrs.   Ella  M.   Bradley. 


HERBERT   W.    LATHE'S   MINISTRY.  227 

1890. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth  S.   Prindle. 
Julia  Imogene  Prindle. 
Gertrude  Eusebia  Flagg. 
Mrs.   Charlotte  Flagg. 
Frances  Darling. 
Josephine  Spaulding. 
Mrs.   Fanny  Arnold. 
Agnes  L.   Williston. 
Mary  M.   Dole. 
William  H.   Smith. 
Mrs.  N.  Gertrude  Smith. 
Mrs.   Mary  L.  Fay. 
Mrs.   Hannah  M.   Moody. 
Mrs.   D.  Lewis. 
Harriet  C.   Mills. 
Frances  E.   Thompson. 
Mrs.  Nellie  E.  Clark. 
Mary  L.  All  is. 

1891. 

Charles  N.  Fitts. 
Mary  E.  Bement. 
Bertha  L.  Clark. 
Caroline  B.   Roberts,  daughter  of  a  former  cashier 

of  the  First  National  Bank. 
Henrietta  S.   Seelye,  daughter  of    President  Seelye 

of  Smith  College. 


CHAPTER    XV. 

Ministers  settled  since  the  organization  of  the 
First  Church. 


Eleazar  Mather, 

Ordained 

1661- 

-1669 

Solomon  Stoddard, 

i  i 

1672- 

-1729 

Jonathan  Edwards, 

a 

1727- 

-1750 

John  Hooker, 

i  i 

1753- 

-1777 

Solomon  Williams, 

a 

1778- 

-1834 

Mark  Tucker, 

Installed 

1824- 

-1827 

I.   S.  Spencer, 

Ordained 

1828- 

-1832 

Joseph  Penney, 

Installed 

1833- 

-1835 

Charles  Wiley, 

Ordained 

1837- 

-1844 

E.  Y.  Swift, 

Installed 

1845- 

-1851 

J.   P.   Cleaveland, 

a 

1853- 

-1855 

Zachary   Eddy, 

<  t 

1858- 

-1867 

William  S.   Leavitt, 

1 1 

1867- 

-1881 

Herbert  W.   Lathe, 

a 

1882- 

-1891 

(228) 


CHAPTER   XVI. 


Elders  and  Deacons   Since   the  organization  of 
the  First  Church,  June  18,  1661. 


ELDEES. 

John  Strong,  ordained  1663. 

Preserved  Clapp. 

Ebenezer  Strong. 

DEACONS. 

William  Holton, 

Chosen  1663 

Thomas  Hanchet, 

1668 

Removed  to  Westfield. 

Medad  Pomeroy, 

1675 

Jonathan  Hunt, 

1680 

Nathaniel  Phelps, 

1691 

John  Clark, 

1691 

Thomas  Sheldon, 

"       1702 

Ebenezer  Wright, 

1704 

Samuel  Allen, 

1725 

John  Clark, 

1730 

Noah  Cook, 

1739 

Ebenezer  Pomeroy, 

(229) 

1739 

230  FIRST    CHURCH   IN   NORTHAMPTON. 


Stephen  Wright, 

Chosen 

1739 

Removed  to  Easthampton. 

Ebenezer  Hunt, 

tt 

1754 

Supply  Kingsley, 

n 

1754 

Joseph  Hawley, 

(C 

1762 

Jonathan  Hunt, 

11 

1764 

Aaron  Cook, 

( i 

1774 

Josiah  Clark, 

i  i 

1774 

Elijah  Clark, 

it 

1785 

Moses  Kingsley, 

(I 

1785 

Kemoved  to  Chesterfield,  1794. 

Enos  Wright, 

<( 

1791 

Solomon  Allen, 

et 

1797 

Became  a  minister,  1804.     Preached   in  Western 

New  York  till  1821. 

Israel  Clark, 

chosen 

1804 

Luther  Clark, 

a 

1805 

Ebenezer  S.   Phelps,  "  1816 

Removed  to  Illinois,  1831. 

Enos  Clark,  "  1818 

Dismissed  to  the  Edwards  Church. 

Eliphalet  Williams,  "  1831 

Lewis  Strong,  "  1831 

Dismissed  to  the  Edwards  Church,  1858. 

David  S.  Whitney,  chosen  1831 

John  P.  Williston,  "  1838 

Aaron  Breck,  "  1839 


ELDERS   AND   DEACONS. 


231 


Jared  Clark, 

Chosen  1839 

Daniel  Kingsley, 

1864 

Haynes  K.  Starkweather, 

1873 

Charles  B.  Kingsley, 

1873 

George  L.   Wright, 

1877 

William  P.  Strickland, 

1877 

William  H.  Nowell, 

1877 

A.   Lyman  Williston, 

1883 

John  B.   Clark, 

1883 

D.  D.   Gorham,                   • 

1884 

Silas  M.  Smith, 

1884 

J.  H.   Searle, 

1884 

William  M.  Trow, 

1887 

CHAPTER    XVII. 


Home  and  Foreign  Missionaries  of  the  North- 
ampton First  Church. 

Job  Strong  labored  in  company  with  David 
Brainerd  among  the  Indians  in  New  Jersey. 

Solomon  Allen,  1804-21,  a  pioneer  preacher  in 
Western  New  York.     Planted  several  churches. 

Ebenezer  Wright,  1809-14.  Under  the  patron- 
age of  the  Hampshire  Missionary  Society  in  St. 
Lawrence  County,  N.  Y. 

Clarissa  Lyman,  daughter  of  Esq.  Levi.  Married, 
1822,  Rev.  William  Richards  of  the  Sandwich 
Islands  Mission. 

Jerusha  Lyman,  married  about  1825,  Jackson 
Kemper,  missionary  Bishop  of  the  Northwest. 

Ansel  Bridgman.     Home  Missionary  in  Michigan. 

Henry  Lyman,   martyr  missionary  to  Batavia. 

Joseph  Hunt  Breck  and  wife,  both  of  North- 
ampton. Home  Missionaries  on  the  Western  Re- 
serve. 

(232) 


MISSIONARIES.  233 

Timothy  Dwight,  son  of  Cecil.  His  early  death 
prevented  him  from  being  a  foreign  missionary. 

Robert  Ogden  Dwight,  son  of  Major  Josiah,  mis- 
sionary to  Madura. 

Miss  Hetty  S.  Butler,  married  Rev.  Eli  Smith, 
missionaries  to  Syria. 

Susan  Wright  Clark,  married  Rev.  Josiah  Tyler, 
about  forty  years  in  South  Africa. 

David  T.  Stoddard,  missionary  to  Persia. 

Clara  M.  Brewster,  or  Mrs.  Hiram  Bingham,  over 
thirty-five  years  in  the  foreign  field.  Now  at  the 
Sandwich  Islands. 

S.  Russell  Butler,  for  twelve  years  on  the  Lab- 
rador coast. 

Sarah  M.  Cooke,  married  Prof.  Silsby.  Five 
years  at  Si  am. 


CHAPTER   XVIII. 


Deceased  Members  of  First  Church  and  Parish 

who  left  large   bequests   to  Home  and 

Foreign    Missions    and    other 

Charitable    Objects. 

Benjamin  Tappan. 
John  Hopkins. 
Asahel  Lyman. 
Mrs.  Asahel  Lyman. 
Dr.  Benjamin  Barrett. 
Dr.  Edward  B.  Barrett. 
Dea.  J.  P.  Williston. 
Mrs.  J.   P.   Williston. 
John  Clarke,  the  banker. 
William  Allen,  D.  D. 

Solomon  Stoddard,  third  Clerk  of  Courts. 
George  W.  Hubbard. 
Tamesin  Clark. 
Silas   M.  Smith. 

Two  names  of  the  last    century  may    be    added. 
Thomas   Allen,    deceased    1754,    gave    between   six 
(234) 


BEQUESTS.  235 

and  seven  pounds  to  promote  the  spread  of  .the 
gospel  among  the  heathenish  natives  in  the  vicin- 
ity. His  nephew,  Joseph  Allen,  on  King  street, 
great-grandfather  of  Judge  William,  left  a  tract  of 
land  in  Southampton,  to  the  President  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  to  be  expended  in  propagating  the 
gospel  among  the  Indians.  When  these  amounts 
were  given,  it  was  a  day  of  small  things  in  mis- 
sionary movements.  * 


CHAPTER    XIX. 


Churches  aided  in   their  Formation   and  Mem- 
bership, during  the   last  century  and  since, 
by  the   Northampton   First    Church. 

Almost  a  score  could  be  mentioned,  indebted  to 
tins  Mother  in  Israel.  Begin  with  some  near  at 
home.  Southampton,  Westhampton,  Easthampton, 
settled  largely  from  the  mother  town.  They  were 
model  communities  and  the  churches  in  them. 
Count  up  the  graduates,  ministers,  authors,  teach- 
ers, professors,  valuable  men,  they  have  sent  out 
into  the  world,  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty. 

Lebanon,  Ct. ,  settled  previously,  stands  high  on 
the  roll  of  educated  communities.  But  that  place 
received  its  first  start  from  families  connected  with 
the  Northampton  First  Church.  The  same  re- 
specting Durham,  Coventry,  Woodbury,  of  that 
state.  One  of  the  first  ministers  of  Woodbury, 
Rev.  Anthony  Stoddard,  was  a  Northampton  boy. 
Settled  in  1702,  preached  nearly  sixty  years,  was 
Clerk  of  Probate  forty  years,  acted  as  lawyer  and 
(236) 


CHURCHES   AIDED.  237 

physician,  managed  one  of  the  largest  farms  in 
town,  reared  a  family  of  eleven  children,  admitted 
500  to  the  church. 

It  is  proper  to  say  that  the  intelligence  of  some 
Northampton  families  which  settled  in  Amherst 
about  1750  and  earlier,  had  something  to  do  in 
bringing  into  existence  that  noble  institution,  Am- 
herst College. 

Recall  the  influence  of  the  First  Church  in  the 
early  times  of  Northfield,  Pittsfield,  Skaneate- 
les,  N.  Y.,  Princeton,  111.,  Brecksville,  0.  The 
churches  in  those  places  were  much  indebted  for 
their  excellent  beginning  to  families  of  the  North- 
ampton First  Church. 

Coming  back  to  the  Connecticut  Valley,  the 
Edwards  Church,  so  efficient,  far  reaching  in  its 
influence  for  good,  owns  and  acknowledges  the 
First  Church  as  Mother.  Has  not  this  been  the 
feeling  on  the  part  of  both  toward  each  other  from 
the  first  till   now  ? 

Will  conclude  by  adducing  the  Florence  Congre- 
gational Church.  In  aiding  its  early  membership, 
did  not  the  Northampton  First  Church  perform  an 
important  part  ? 


CHAPTER    XX. 


What  Hath  God  JVrought  ? 

Two  hundred  thirty  years  ago, 

A  faithful  few,  a  little  band, 
Wishing  to  serve  their  God  below, 

And  thus  confess  his  guiding  hand, 

United  all  with  willing  mind 
To  form  a  church,  a  sacred  band, 

Rejoicing  in  a  pastor  kind, 
To  guide  them  to  the  better  land. 

The  little  ones  were  gathered  in 
By  Cov'nant  vows  of  parents  dear, 

And  early  taught  to  hate  all  sin, 
As  from  these  records  doth  appear. 

First  Mather  came,  a  holy  man; 

And  Stoddard  next,  of  earnest  mien, 
And  many  souls  took  a  firm  stand, 

Whose  names  within  this  book  are  seen. 

Edwards,  a  wonder  of  logic  rare; 

His  preaching,  earnest,  faithful,  sound, 
His  books  profound  beyond  compare, 

Have  spread  his  fame  the  world  around. 

Gifted  Hooker  in  manhood's  prime, 
Well  served  his  three  and  twenty  years; 

And  Williams  preached  a  longer  time, 
E'en  six  and  forty  busy  years. 

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WHAT   HATH   GOD   WROUGHT  ?  239 

Tucker  and  Spencer,  brief  their  stay, 
Though  much  belov'd  and  cherished  here, 

Were  call'd  by  God  another  way; 
Grieving  people  they  lov'd  so  dear. 

Penny  and  Wiley,  ten  years  more, 

Both  quite  learn'd  and  doing  good, 
Their  loss  this  ancient  church  deplored, 

And  sought  from  others  gospel  food. 

Swift  soon  came  to  relieve  their  stress, 
And  tarried  five  good  years  or  more; 

Cleveland  remained  two  years  to  bless, 
And  troubled  hearts  to  peace  restore. 

Next  beloved  Dr.  Eddy  came, 
The  church  was  happy  in  her  choice 

Nine  pleasant  y  ars  did  he  remain, 
Causing  large  numbers  to  rejoice. 

Soon  was  he  torn  from  their  embrace; 

In  the  midst  of  God's  work  he  left; 
Then  Mr.  Leavitt  filled  his  place 

Fourteen  years.     'Twas  again  bereft. 

Pastor  Lathe  then  came  to  the  fold, 
With  wisdom  garnered  from  the  past; 

May  numbers  be  by  him  enrolled, 
Adorning  his  bright  crown  at  last. 


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